The 26th Sunday of the Year
Amos 6:1 & 4-7; 1 Tim 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 (Year C)
Throughout the Gospels, and especially in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus described his mission in terms of the poor. Thus he had come to bring good news to the poor, to set prisoners free, and to give sight to the blind.
Without God we are all poor, but when we turn to the Lord, when we allow his Spirit to form our hearts, we shall, with Jesus, have a particular concern for those who are impoverished in any way.
A practical concern for the poor was one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the Law entrusted to Moses. The God who had heard the cries of his people insisted that they, in their turn, should never neglect or forget the stranger in their midst. It is therefore in our concern for the poor that our lives most clearly give witness to the God of love and compassion.
