Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Money is for persons and the only proper use of it is in sharing. What is more, those who make special claim on our sharing are the poor. This is an inescapable conclusion from Luke’s teaching.
John J. Pilch
The dismissal [of the servant] is effective immediately, but the shrewd steward realizes he has a “window of opportunity” before the news reaches the renters in the village.
We must not squander the wealth entrusted to us, nor use it on superfluities, for when the Lord comes we shall be required to account for our expenditure.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
The goods of the earth belong to God. Human beings are stewards of those resources, to serve the needs of all.
Reginald H. Fuller
If the state functions properly, it creates those outward conditions of tranquility under which the life of the community may flourish.