Nuance

Making the final sweep through this weekend’s homily… referring back to a 30-year old translation of the New American Bible and finding the language so much more meaningful. It embraces the tension between the zeal for worldly wealth and the commitment to spiritual wealth.

Just after the closing verse of today’s Gospel (Luke 16:1-13) is the clincher: (Jesus, speaking to the Pharisees) “You justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God reads your hearts. What man thinks important, God holds in contempt.”

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