The gospel
passage today has strong reference to career-climbing bishops and priests who are out to serve themselves –
and be served – rather than serving the people of God as their vocation
requires them to do: this, according to Pope Francis homily this very day at
the daily Mass chapel at the Vatican.
Jesus proposed the parable to display his displeasure at the way these
very people would “pad their pockets and living quarters” if they were called
to give account of their stewardship. He calls them conveniently, and craftily
devious in acting in a backhandedly “prudent way.” This is not the kind of
compliment that any of us would want Jesus to refer to us.
We are children of light who
have the power to admonish one another,
to expose the hypocritical and mischievous social/business climbers, even among
the clergy. We do that by our insistence on a life of transparency, humility
and poverty: especially poverty of spirit. We must trust in God for everything,
absolutely everything.
May God’s mercy pierce the hearts of pastors, low or high ranking, who
are no pastors at all. May they see the light of God’s children and be led by
them, before it is too late.
Whoever keeps the word of Christ, the
love of God is truly perfected in him.
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