What an incredibly timely gospel reading we have today. "When a person is trustworthy in very small matters, he also will be trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters will also be dishonest in great ones."
This reading applies to us as we take responsibility for our own thoughts and words and deeds as they reflect the life of faith in Jesus that we profess. Do they reflect the life of faith in Jesus, is the question that we can ask ourselves here. If we are honest with our own lives – then we will find ourselves always inclined to love others as we have been loved by God. But if we are dishonest with ourselves – we will find ourselves inclined to go through motions that ultimately can be harmful to all involved.
This reading can apply to our prayer that the new administration of our federal government be honest in each and every small detail of its planning and execution of projects and policies – because dishonesty here – will cost all of us deeply!
We each are heading for our own day of judgment and this passage tells us that we will be given what belongs to us (happiness, eternal beatitude) – to the extent that we were trustworthy with what belonged to others and we were sent to help them out. Again, this applies to us – and it applies to the new administration. We pray that they will be given what belongs to them on judgment day as a result of being trustworthy with the precious gift of life and liberty that belonged to others which they were sent to protect, preserve and defend – especially the poor, the defenseless and the marginalized.
May God supply what all of us needs, as St. Paul tells the Phillippians today – so that we can have what we need in living out the intricacies and the never-ending series of decisions-for-loving-like-Jesus-loves that come our way!
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