+ Jesus is complimenting the dishonest steward for a left-handed kind of prudence – he is in no way complimenting him for his virtue. And this reference is not really meant to be a slight against the children of light; rather, if anyone is to be complimented, it is they who are trying the best they can to be faithful stewards with all that God has given them to use in this life.
Yesterday, in the first reading we read that for the baptized person – we are not our own – all in life and in death belongs to the Lord. We truly are to be stewards of a variety of gifts given to help us get through life in a satisfactory sort of way, with an emphasis on looking out for and helping others – sharing what we have been given. Our new parish mission statement is: We believe and we share! This is what it means!
In the first reading today St. Paul is also telling the Romans that they can count on hearing nothing at all from him other than what he hears Christ Jesus himself, through the working of the Holy Spirit, telling him to tell them; and that he would not build on a foundation that another has laid: if a Christian community has been established – he will not come in and preach as though he were starting from scratch with this particular group. There is enough work to be done without repetitious efforts.
May we this day receive what the Lord has to say to us, may we live our day in the Lord and with his sacramental help and strength, and may we be complimented by the Lord at the end of the day, and of our lives, for being good and faithful and holy stewards of the manifold gifts that he gives us for our good and for the good of others!
Whoever keeps the word of Christ, the love of God is truly perfected in him!
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