The Unjust Steward

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 23 September 2001

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In a puzzling parable, Jesus praises a man who is a self-absorbed cheat. What the Lord notices in the man's dubious behavior are three things of spiritual importance: he knows that he is in crisis; he makes an honest self-assessment; and, most importantly, he acts.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:04.6	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:11.1	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:15.5	Word of Love for each of us.
0:17.8	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, who we might speak with love
0:23.2	about the one who is love.
0:26.1	The Archdiocese of Chicago through the generosity of Sacred Heart Parish and Winetka now presents
0:31.0	the Word on Fire.
0:33.0	Peace be with you.
0:35.2	Friends, our Gospel today gives us one of the funniest and strangest and most puzzling
0:41.4	of Jesus' parables, which is saying a lot because all the parables are surprising and strange
0:49.6	and shocking.
0:50.6	That's almost their literary form.
0:53.1	Jesus rarely preached in a doctrinal way, just laying out the truths.
0:59.9	His preferred method of teaching was the parable.
1:02.7	This kind of odd, disquieting, surprising story that's meant to shock us into a whole
1:08.9	new way of thinking.
1:11.0	The one today is one of the best examples of this parable form of teaching.
1:16.1	It's the story of the unjust steward.
1:20.7	And I know we've heard it many times, but I bet whenever we hear this story, we remain
1:25.5	a little bit puzzled, curious.
1:29.9	What could he possibly be doing in this story?
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