Resources for Sunday, November 19, 2023

The Riches We Keep?

Can we ever have enough in life? The YouTube video addresses that question. word-sunday.com has commentary on the Sunday readings. apostolic-times.com discusses parables of the end times.

What makes us truly happy? This question is addressed in the Gospel Story "What We Receive." This is a three minute video with a short story of a life situation, a moral from the gospel and a reflection question.

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word-sunday.com: Studies and Resources

We live in a world based upon the flow of money. Businesses and individuals borrow money to buy commodities. The business that sold the commodity made money, and so did their suppliers, and so on. This flow of money helps the economy grow.

What happens when the percentage of the loan is too high? Imagine repaying a loan at twenty five or thirty five percent interest. Or fifty percent interest. The loaner becomes the loan shark, the extortionist. Businessmen in the time of Jesus loaned at such rates. Below the parable of the talents lay the reality of extortion. Jesus told the story of three extortionists to shock his audience and make them reconsider their notions of God’s Kingdom.

apostolic-times.com: Commentary

apostolic-times.com continues with context for the season's readings. In 1 Thessalonians, St. Paul warned his audience to be prepared for the end times. In Matthew 25, Jesus told the parable of the Talents

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