Sunday September 28th: Our call

Let us embrace and be embraced by love!

Luke 16:19-31

Today’s Gospel issues a stern warning to us all: The riches with which we have been blessed are to be placed at the service of the poorest, the most vulnerable and the most marginalized or else…
Listen to it again:
Outsider,
you utter no complaint
homeless, hungry, sick and all alone
silent longings unmet
save by dogs

Insider
you enjoy each blessing
well, fed, in family and friends clothed
glaring signals missed
save by Hades

Comforter
You sound the warning gong
Blessed, cursed, to torment and comfort turn
Deserved reward embraced
Save by fooled

Way-maker
You secure hope for all
Listening, sharing, challenging faiths
Flow prodigal floodgates
Enfold all

HEED THE MESSAGE
Embraced by love…we respond to the needs of the poorest close to us…
Embraced by love…we share so that others may flourish not just survive…
Embraced by love…we amass less profit through our business practices…
Embraced by love…we establish economic systems that relieve crushing poverty …
Let us embrace and be embraced by love!