GorT’s parish has a new associate pastor, parochial vicar, #2 priest, whatever you want to call him.  He’s probably in his late 30s or early 40s.  His homilies have been solid and this weekend was no different.  However, I will say that he ended up giving 2 homilies glued together this past weekend.  Both were good, but would have hit home better had they been separated and beefed up a bit.

Let me start by saying that I’m no great theological expert and the thread I’m going to pull on here might totally miss the mark but it was a reflection I had while listening to the homily after Sunday’s Gospel and I’d thought I’d share it.

To set the stage, the Gospel this weekend was from Luke 16:1-13 and is the parable of the rich man and his underperforming steward.  The rich man hears that his steward was being wasteful and called on him to provide a summary of his accounts.  The steward realizing that he would need to find help after getting fired makes some shady and dishonest deals with the debtors.  The parable concludes with the teaching, “I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings”.  The point of the priests first part of the homily was to explain the context of this as it is quite an odd statement to come from Jesus.

But I’d like to make a minor side point: note that there is no commendation for easing or forgiving the debt of the debtors.  In fact, it is strongly characterized as dishonest and when one is dishonest in worldly matters and little things, they will be dishonest with spiritual and larger things.  Something to keep in mind when we think of various financial situations facing this country.  While we should help those in need, we should be cautious of those trying to benefit from dishonest behavior in minor things.

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