Tag: wealth

  • September 25, 2019
    Sixteenth Sunday After PentecostLuke 16:19-31Once upon a time there was a rich man who dressed in fine linen and feasted…

  • September 18, 2019
    Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostAmos 8:4-7Psalm 1131Timothy 2:1-7Luke 16:1-13 The gospel reading for this Sunday is one of the stranger passages…

  • July 30, 2019
    Eighth Sunday After PentecostLuke 12:13-21I work in development for a Human Services non-profit that meets people’s basic needs, while we…

  • October 10, 2018
    Twenty-first Sunday after PentecostTwenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 23:1-9, 16-17 or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15Hebrews 4:12-16Mark 10:17-31 “…most of us…

  • September 23, 2010
    Amos 6:1, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 When I read passages like those in this week’s lectionary…

  • September 23, 2010
    Scripture Reflection: Catholic Lectionary (Amos 6:1, 4-7; Ps 146; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31) In my “Poverty, Wealth, and Justice”…

  • September 16, 2010
    Luke 16:1-13b Eugene Peterson observes that the story of the dishonest manager ranks as our least favorite of Jesus’ parables.…