Sunday 25 September

26th Week in Ordinary Time

Amos 6:1,4-7, Ps 146, 1 Timothy 6:11-16,
Luke 16:19-31

Binding and loosing

The disciple is again reminded that it is the poor who make present Christ’s judgment in the world. Within the lives of the poor is exercised a hidden ministry of binding and loosing. The rich man is sent to Hades, not because he is wealthy, but because he has not followed Christ. The rich man, from the greater part of his resources, has not cared for those whom Christ came to serve.