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Brothers and
sisters: Abraham did not doubt God’s
promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God
and was fully convinced that what God had promised he was also able to do. That
is why it was credited to him as righteousness. But it was not for him alone
that it was written that it was credited to him; it was also for us, to whom it
will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the
dead, who was handed over for our transgressions and was
raised for our justification.
He has come to his people and set them
free. He has raised up for us a mighty
savior, born of the house of his servant David.
Through his
holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from
the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to
remember his holy covenant.
This was the
oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our
enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all
the days of our life.
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Someone in
the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance
with me.”
He replied to
him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said
to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be
rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told
them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He
asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ And
he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger
ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods and I shall say to
myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your
life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will
they belong?’ Thus will it be for the
one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”
1. Trust in/focus
on God instead of ourselves (1st reading & Gospel)
2. God is worthy of
our trust/devotion (2d reading)
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