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Luke 16, 1-8

by Fr. Luis A. Zazano

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 16, 1-8

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He answered, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.’ Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill and make it eighty.’ And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

Administer

1) Squandering is when you waste your life. You may think you are the owner but excuse me for reminding you, but you must remain accountable. Unfortunately, some of us are a little bit lazy and we are not living our life as we should. In life, one can have certain weaknesses but God can also grant you the right thing at just the right moment. Learn to administer your life because life has a way of holding you accountable and that method of keeping you accountable is through time. Sooner or later, time will hold you accountable for your life.

2) Call the debtors. We must have the ability to negotiate, but for good. We must learn to forgive and learn to ask for forgiveness. It is to seek the help of friendship and fraternity to face the hard moments of life. Don’t go through the difficult moments of life alone. Do not isolate yourself because this is the way you lose out. Look for support from your family, good friends, and church groups. Look for those who affect you positively. And you, who is a part of the Church, please, I ask you not to exclude the brother or sister who is having a rough time. On the contrary, welcome and protect them. If we call ourselves “believers,” we cannot ignore someone who is suffering.

3) Astute. You and I are invited to spread the gospel with maximum strength! We must have the fortitude to announce the Gospel and be clever enough to find the way to get the message to others. Being missionaries means being astute. To show life’s truth through the “Good News.”
Remember Heaven is our goal!

God bless you in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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