WORD 2day: Friday, 31st week in Ordinary time
November 4, 2022: Philippians 3:17 - 4:1; Luke 16: 1-8
Their stomach is their god and their glory is in their shame - what words St. Paul has against those who live a life that is thoughtless and flimsy, with nothing that offers a depth to their living or nothing that adds to meaning of their lives. Hoarding wealth, seeking comfort, craving for pleasures and living solely for material satisfaction - what can that offer to one's life. Lies lead to more lies, obscurities lead to more obscurities, crimes lead to more crimes and lawlessness leads to absolute inhumanity. Compromises kill.
Compromises are justified today in the sense of prudence and practicality. These solutions could serve the particular moment, but in the long run, they kill, they destroy, they ruin, they rob our lives of meaning. Jesus was very clear about that and precisely due to that he warned: be careful of the yeast of the pharisees... that is, dont give into the tendencies of the world.
Being imitators of Christ, means to live with no compromises, to speak nothing but the Words of the Almighty, to think nothing but good, to do only what builds the other and the family of God, to love like God and to relate like children of God - with God and with each other. That would be heaven...or the Reign of God, on earth. Let each of us do our part, to prmote that lifestyle, that of Christ and that of the trends of the day that lead me astray.