Philippians 3:17-4:1
Psalm 122:1-5
Luke 16:1-8
Philippians 3:17-4:1
(17) Be imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who are walking similarly, just as you have seen by our example. (18) For many persons, about whom I have often told you (and now tell you, weeping,) are walking as enemies of the cross of Christ. (19) Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things. (20) But our way of life is in heaven. And from heaven, too, we await the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ, (21) who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself. (1) And so, my most beloved and most desired brothers, my joy and my crown: stand firm in this way, in the Lord, most beloved.
Psalm 122:1-5
(1) A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.” (2) Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem. (3) Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself. (4) For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. (4) For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. (5) For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.
Luke 16:1-8
(1) And he also said to his disciples: “A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods. (2) And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’ (3) And the steward said within himself: ‘What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg. (4) I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’ (5) And so, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?’ (6) So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’ (7) Next, he said to another, ‘In truth, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your record books, and write eighty.’ (8) And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.
