Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 16, 1-13

Jesus said to his disciples,
“A rich man had a steward
who was reported to him for squandering his property.
He summoned him and said,
‘What is this I hear about you?
Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
because you can no longer be my steward.’
The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do,
now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do so that,
when I am removed from the stewardship,
they may welcome me into their homes.’
He called in his master’s debtors one by one.
To the first he said,
‘How much do you owe my master?’
He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’
He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note.
Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
Then to another the steward said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’
He replied, ‘One hundred kors of wheat.’
The steward said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note;
write one for eighty.’
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.

“For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than are the children of light.
I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is yours?
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 both God and mammon.”

Be administrators!

1. Waste. The gospel begins by showing us a man who had squandered his master’s property. You and I are administrators of life, we are not the owners. At some point, we will leave this world and the question we will be asked will be, ”what did you do?” Today, you must remember that life is short, and you must live it and enjoy it, but not waste it. You have to be respectful of life and of the life of others.
2. Ability to choose. Not everything in life is black or white. We have the ability to choose. And when you administer your life, you must be aware that you are going to make mistakes. I make mistakes and I make a lot of them, don’t you? Life is a constant learning process but look for wisdom and prudence to help you through and don’t be arrogant, because this leads you to miss out on your own life.
3. Masters. Don’t let the pursuit of money lead you to lose your life and the aim of your life, which is happiness. But happiness is not simply an emotion, it’s not that I am happy because I’m joyful. Happiness is a ‘state of consciousness’, it implies being happy here and now, with what I have and with what I am. Who is rich? Not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Never forget that something good is on the way!