WORD 2day: Friday, 31st week in Ordinary time
November 8, 2019: Romans 15: 14-21; Luke 16:1-8
Living life as a ministry - that could be the inspiration that springs within us reflecting on the Word today. Of course, it is easy to brush it aside saying its a 'clerical' or 'priestly' or religious' way of thinking. But looking at the readings of today we can understand the words that Pope Francis has been repeating in several modes: We cannot be part time Christians.
We are called to live our life as persons of God every moment of our life, at home, in the neighbourhood, at work, on the way, in company, alone or at Church! If not, we will be caught unawares at a moment when we will have to frantically set things right as the dismissed steward does in the parable today. While many question the real meaning of the parable and how Jesus seems to be appreciating the crisis-management of the steward, they conveniently forget the fact that Jesus is actually saying, 'there is a crisis there!'
The first point made is that there is a crisis...and let us address that first! At times, we choose to be oblivious of that fact - like some geniuses who say today that 'climate crisis is a myth'. With Jesus, let us reflect - Why the crisis? Obviously, it is becuase of lethargy, compromises, laxity and indifference. The solution is not to fight the crisis, but in the first place, preventing it. And the way - to live every moment conscious and aware that you are a son, a daughter of God!
We should work out our own salvation, as St.Paul says to the Philippians Phil 2:12), not only in fear and trembling, but on a daily basis living our life with a consciousness that we are sent with a definite mandate, a concrete call, to be God's stewards, to be sons and daughters of God in the world. Let us begin to live our life, each of us, as a call, a vocation, a ministry and we will stay clear of these crises.