Today's Catholic Daily Readings:
READING I: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
RESPONSORIAL: Psalms 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 GOSPEL: Luke 16:9-15
READING I: Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27
RESPONSORIAL: Psalms 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 GOSPEL: Luke 16:9-15
Today Jesus tells us two very important facts; we can either serve God or money ... and God judges our actions by the heart. This is really just the Lord showing his knowledge of human nature.
We are all divided about where our loyalties lie. This is because we need money to live, much as we would like to survive without it. What Jesus is warning us against is the over dependence on money and the over love of it. Next he tells us that God judges the heart. This is very important for us to know--it is the motive that makes or breaks our behaviour. We all tend to look at the action and judge from that, but long after the action is gone and the incident forgotten, the motive shall still influence out heart.
We are all divided about where our loyalties lie. This is because we need money to live, much as we would like to survive without it. What Jesus is warning us against is the over dependence on money and the over love of it. Next he tells us that God judges the heart. This is very important for us to know--it is the motive that makes or breaks our behaviour. We all tend to look at the action and judge from that, but long after the action is gone and the incident forgotten, the motive shall still influence out heart.
