Jeremiah 17: 5-10; Psalm 1; Luke 16: 19-31
“Jesus told this parable to those among the Pharisees who loved money: ‘There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table…”
Examine your attitude toward and behavior regarding money, clothing, food. If you won the lottery, on what would you spend the millions? Discuss your luxuries and your hungers with Jesus. Listen. He is merciful, but he challenges. What will he say to you, call you to? Ask for the courage to respond.
Keep us alert to the poor lying at our door. Give us the gift of generosity, giving without counting the cost. Free us from all our various greeds, Savior of the world!