9.21.13

Lectio:  Lk 16.1-13                            

Meditatio: “No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” Lk 16.13

Oratio: O God, You desire our whole self in our response to You.

I remember Jesus told the parable about a dishonest steward and He made it clear that we cannot be servants of money and servants to You for You want and we need to give You are wholehearted commitment for Your honor and our ultimate happiness.

Grant that I may be ever mindful of the dangers of wealth and seek the grace of dependence only on God and not on what I have accumulated in this life.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect on "serve God...mammon”; Lasting Wealth versus temporal wealth; the choice is easy when put in terms of opposition for the desire of God is for our whole heart, our whole soul and our whole strength and to have complete reliance on Him and not on wealth. In prayer seek the grace to let God be God and to give God what He desires - our total love.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 8.16-18