Photo was taken at Green Glens, Millstreet, Co.Cork (Irl)
Action from the recent European Young Rider Showjumping Championships at Green Glens Millstreet
Thought on Sunday – September – 18/09/2016
Thought For Today by Siobhan Tighe
Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed. Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes.”
Then he called his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, “How much do you owe my master?” “One hundred measures of oil” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond; sit down straight away and write fifty”. To another he said, “And you, sir, how much do you owe?” “One hundred measures of wheat” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond and write eighty”.
‘The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light.’ ~Luke 16:3-6
“Choose to share God’s wealth”
The actions of the manager, in this Gospel, on hearing that he is to be fired are counter-intuitive. Instead of storing up wealth by demanding payment immediately or charging extra, he wipes the portion of ‘interest’ owed to him from their dept. He is thinking of the long-term, that they might in turn show kindness to him when he is in need.
Jesus sees the gift this use of wealth has in the life of the poor and praises it. The Christian life is a call to stewardship in which the wealth we handle is not our own but wealth God wishes the entire world would share. Challenging as it may be we are called to reflect on our use of wealth.
Jesus makes clear that we must choose – the wealth of God or the wealth of this world.
