25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 18, 2022)
Am 8.4-7; 1 Tim 2.1-7; Lk 16:1-13
How rare it is that the rich and powerful feel the effects of their own sexual sins. They can, after all, pay the full cost of their choice and licentiousness, be it child support, multiple divorces, surrogacy, IVF treatments or worse, multiple abortions. They can support every trendy reproductive cause out there, yet by doing so, in reality they “trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!”
For those who watch these celebrities and moguls, emulating their seeming freedom in their own middle-class lives, usually cannot afford the consequences of their wrong choices.
If we are foolish enough not to be concerned over our own salvation, let us at least, in the choices we make, think about the social effects if everyone were to adopt the choices we made.
Pro-Life Intercession
That the concerns people have about money may never be greater than their readiness to welcome and cherish the gift of children, we pray to the Lord…