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00:28Welcome, brothers.
00:29Welcome once again to our literary session on Saint Luke, where we continue to advance in this wonderful discernment.
00:37Let us remember that each evangelist is the creator of the format of his work, because as we know, many Gospel passages have
00:46have been rearranged by each of them to fit their personal theology or vision.
00:53This also applies to the beautiful parables that Saint Luke offers us in chapter 15 of his work, the
01:01well-known parables of mercy.
01:04Of these parables we know the one of the lost sheep, which Saint Matthew also offered us in chapter 18
01:13of his work.
01:14According to the vision of the first evangelist, both the community leader and the other brothers with some responsibility or
01:23Those with prestige must ensure that the younger siblings are not lost.
01:29And if they do, we must do everything possible to rescue them, because that is the way in which
01:37Matthew concludes his narration of this parable.
01:40We find it in chapter 18, verse 14.
01:44Luke, for his part, has introduced his three parables by mentioning the tax collectors and sinners who
01:54They ate with Jesus, much to the dismay of the Pharisees and scribes.
01:59Lucas, his final comments about the joy of finding what had been lost also contribute to this perception,
02:10joy that is manifested with a party in the case of the prodigal son.
02:17Luke also uses, on two occasions, his refrain about the joy in heaven over a repentant sinner.
02:25By inserting Luke's parables into the context of Jesus' meals with tax collectors and sinners, he provoked...
02:35This caused friction between the Pharisees and scribes,
02:38It leaves us with the impression that the Christian must open himself up to the brother who returns from sin.
02:46The author's work goes from good to bad.
02:50A man has one hundred sheep.
02:52A woman has ten coins.
02:56A father has two children.
02:58The shepherd and the woman lose one member of their group.
03:03They miss him and go out to look for him until they find him.
03:08And when they find what they had lost, they rejoice and invite friends and neighbors to share with them.
03:18They were overjoyed.
03:19The father has two sons, and one leaves home, squandering what his father gave him.
03:28had given.
03:29After a while, he is left with nothing.
03:32He gets a degrading job and becomes aware of his deplorable state.
03:38So he decides to return home to be treated like a worker.
03:44However, his father's response exceeds his expectations.
03:50But brothers, we fail to realize that the father has not only lost the son who left home.
03:57He has also lost his eldest son, who, although he remains in the house, feels like a slave and far from his family.
04:05father.
04:05His brother is physically far away, but he is emotionally and affectionately distant from his father.
04:14And he has to go out and look for it, just like the shepherd and the woman who lost their belongings.
04:22Luke wants Christians to rejoice in the return of sinners, in the conversion of the wicked, in their behavior
04:31God's compassionate and merciful nature, shown through Jesus.
04:36For he who returns from his wicked life is always our brother, a son of our same father.
04:44Our Christian upbringing has made us forget the elder brother, who does not necessarily represent the Pharisees or scribes of
04:53the narrative,
04:54but to the good, faithful, and obedient men who have always stayed at home, doing everything asked of them and
05:03they are entrusted.
05:05They, who despite their loyalty and faithfulness, feel forgotten by God,
05:10because for them there is no party to celebrate with their friends.
05:17The father in the parable has truly lost his eldest son, because, distressed and worried about the departure of the
05:26minor,
05:26He has really neglected his treatment and closeness with this elderly man.
05:31It is something that cannot be likened to God, who is always aware of his beloved children.
05:38It's only when the party is well underway that this father comes out to talk to his son to convince him that
05:46join the party.
05:48A celebration that isn't for him, but which remains a space for God's family to come together.
05:56rebuild and remake.
05:58The parable of the dishonest manager draws attention to the ability to renounce everything,
06:06even material possessions themselves, in order to obtain what is so urgently needed.
06:15The man is accused and threatened with dismissal, so he considers his options.
06:23As a person trained for bureaucratic work, he is incapable of tilling the land, and due to his status as a man of
06:32trust,
06:33He admits that he would be ashamed to live on alms, so he thinks of a way to find someone to take him in.
06:41your house.
06:42Apparently, when a manager made loans, he was entitled to an amount that was included in the final receipt.
06:51so that part of those assets was his payment and the other part corresponded to the business
06:59of his master.
07:00This man decides to forgo his profit and issues the receipts that would have been signed had there been no such agreement.
07:10to pay the administrator.
07:12The master acknowledges that his former manager has acted shrewdly.
07:18He has decided to give up what is his in order to avoid the need to work the land or beg for alms,
07:26having someone welcome him into their home as a benefactor.
07:32Jesus draws two conclusions about the use of material goods and the concept of being received,
07:39but in the eternal dwellings.
07:41If the dishonest manager did everything necessary to be received into a house by making shrewd use of
07:50his master's possessions,
07:52All the more reason, a follower of Jesus should be able to use earthly goods, including money,
08:00to find someone to give him lodging in heaven or someone to recommend him to the eternal master.
08:08According to this concept, brothers, just as money can buy goods in this world,
08:15It can also purchase eternal goods if it is used as alms or shared with the poor and
08:23needy.
08:25Jesus believes that faithfulness is a permanent and constant attitude.
08:30Anyone who thinks that one should only be faithful in big or important things,
08:36He ignores that loyalty is an attitude of the individual and not an isolated behavior.
08:44If a Christian cannot be faithful to the perishable values of the world,
08:50It will be even less so for the eternal values that only God can give.
08:55If we are not able to faithfully take care of what is lent to us and which we have to return,
09:02How can we take care of what is ours and consider that we can do with it whatever we please?
09:10precisely because it belongs to us?
09:14Jesus makes a firm conclusion.
09:17A Christian cannot be a part-time servant of God and a part-time servant of money.
09:23We either serve God fully and use money wisely, or we serve money and turn our backs on God.
09:33With blocks of text that seem to have no relation to the topic of money that has been discussed previously.
09:41and which will be expanded with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus,
09:47Luke warns us that Jesus teaches us about money and that men's values are not in agreement.
09:55with God's favor.
09:56This theme is not exclusive to Jesus, as the prophets also invited Israel to help those in need and
10:07to the poor brothers.
10:08Finally, it is not emphasized that the law is so important that even its precepts,
10:15that seem less or insignificant to us, they are not.
10:20Because faithfulness to God is what counts, not counting the good deeds done by the Christian.
10:50Thank you!