September 23, 2007
Pentecost XVII

Stewardship

The gospel for this week is one that we can hardly recollect; with the exception of the last verse "No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." Luke is the only Gospel containing this parable, with the exception of the last verse cited above, which appears in the gospel of Matthew.

The call to discipleship is what calls us to be shrewd in arranging all facets of our life in light of God's revelation. God creates a critical moment that demands a radical reordering of our life's priorities. All of us can relate to this message of needing transformation and change. God calls us to action not simply as a presumption of his grace, we acknowledge God's grace, but we also need to acknowledge his call to action.

Still being energized and touched by the celebration of last week's Celebration of the Land and Her People, I'm reminded that our understanding of creation is based on the principle that God the creator has proVided for us this space and time to be stewards, to care for all that surrounds us. All that we have is His: "All things come of Thee 0 Lord". Let us make sure in this process of stewardship we will weigh and discern with boldness the fact that it is God who calls to care and proVide for the wellbeing of this Land and her people.

Silito

Take a look at some of the previous messages from the Rector