The Unjust steward: Give an Account of Your Stewardship

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[craigaxle]

It took this parable & 30+ yrs for me to finally start taking stock of all the gifts, talents & abilities the good Lord has blessed me: Spiritual, intellectual & emotional; skills & life experience; material, physical, including health, sickness & suffering_ not to mention the insults, exploitations by others, etc.
All for the good of his kingdom & the glory of God.
What a giantnormus blessing!!!

[jeannettelelko]

Thankyou heavenly father for the vision that fills our heart with another purposeful sincerity .

[paulbany]

Well said Father and God be praised and glorified through your powerful homily that reminds us of our responsibility as stewards. Amen!

[robcassel]

There is no way I could either repay or justify what has been given me. Wow.

[mikefanelli]

" All have fallen short of the glory of God. " ~ Romans 3: 23. Divine Mercy is the only answer.

[mikepoulin]

There is one other
plausible explanation that is not considered here. Just about every interpreter
throughout history has begun by saying, "this is a vexing parable."
and it is because why would any owner give praise to an employee who has
screwed him over? Not very likely... But there is an opinion, although it is a minority one, which
makes more sense. It is called, the
"ironic" interpretation, and posits that the troubling texts verse 8
and 9 are spoken ironically. The trouble is, the texts have no punctuation
(which hadn't been invented yet) and so no one can actually prove the irony.
Reading the sentences as interrogatives rather than declarative makes it easy
to understand... it seems to make a lot more sense to me... with less
theologizing and spiritualizing needed.... The Master = God The Unjust Steward = The Pharisees The Debtors= Sinners The Pharisees are
letting sinners off easily by requiring a few rituals, with no conversion of
heart. Is God going to praise this action? NO! Is the master going to praise someone that just screwed him?
No! The master is NOT
praising the actions of the steward; it was a question that everyone knew the
answer was "No!". Jesus is NOT recommending the policies of the Pharisees to
his followers. He is NOT holding them up as examples to be admired and
imitated. He is saying rhetorically, "Is the master going to praise the
actions of an unjust steward?", expecting his listeners to say "Of
course not!" as God will not.... (Can befriending someone who has unjust
mammon (works righteousness) help you get in to eternal habitation? No! ) The
Pharisees were offering cheap grace, the bare minimum, forgiveness by works,
and it wasn't enough...the very he next chapter after this one, Luke 17: 9 Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which
he commanded him?10 I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all
these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have
done that which we ought to do... Here are some of the papers by those proposing the idea, but
as I said, it is difficult if not impossible to disprove or to prove due to
lack of physical evidence: Reexamination of the Ironical Interpretation Parable of the
Unjust Steward in Luke 16 (Chang Wook Jung, Chongsin Univ) Philantropy or Sarcasm - Another Look at the Parable of the
Dishonest Manager (Luke 16:1-13) (I J Du Plessis) The Riddle of the Unjust Steward: Is Irony the Key? (Donald R
Fletcher)

[rushthezeppelin]

Was this the sermon at Our Lady of Mount Carmel this past Sunday?