'You cannot serve God and wealth.’ Sunday Reflections, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Girl with a Pearl Earring , Vermeer [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel Luke 16:1-13 [or 16:10-13] ( New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, Canada) 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 account 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 b