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29th Week in Ordinary Time
St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop & martyr
Eph. 2:1-10
Ps. 100(99):2,3,4,5
Lk. 12:13-21
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Many of our present-day financial high-flyers are very similar to the man we read about in today's Gospel. There is however, one difference. The man, about whom Jesus spoke, was intelligent enough to realize that he had enough money so he decided not to concentrate on making more. He remained a deep-dyed materialist nonetheless.

In contrast some of the financial headline makers we read about today seem to have a crazy compulsion to make more and more and yet more. Their desire for total financial security and ever increasing bank balances drives them to transactions that destroy people who have trusted in them, and ultimately leads them to destroy themselves.

In the Bible, today's first reading is introduced by the words. "Generosity of God's Plan." It is an even more precious antidote to the contagion of materialism. In prayerful serenity we can contemplate God's loving plan for us. The greater capacity we can make available to God, the more he can fill us. Maybe we need to empty the shelves in our barns a little to leave room for even more of his riches.



Dear Lord, help me to long with St Paul for the unsurpassable riches You promise us.


DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That journalists, in carrying out their work, may always be motivated by respect for truth and a strong sense of ethics.
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