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00:00Welcome, 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 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 well-known parables of mercy.
01:05Of these parables we know the one of the lost sheep, which Saint Matthew also offered us in chapter 18 of his work.
01:14According to the vision of the first evangelist, both the leader of the community and the other brothers with some responsibility or prestige must ensure that the younger brothers do not get lost.
01:29And if they do, we must do everything possible to rescue them, for that is how Matthew concludes his narration of that parable.
01:40We find it in chapter 18, verse 14.
01:43Luke, for his part, has introduced his three parables by mentioning the tax collectors and sinners who ate with Jesus, much to the dismay of the Pharisees and scribes.
01:59His final comments on 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.
02:18Luke 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 annoyance among the Pharisees and scribes.
02:39It 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.
02:49A man has one hundred sheep, a woman has ten coins, a father has two sons.
02:59The shepherd and the woman lose a member of their group, they 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 their great joy with them.
03:20The father has two sons and one leaves home, wasting what his father had given him.
03:28After a while, he is left with nothing, gets a degrading job, and realizes his deplorable state.
03:39So he decides to return home to be treated like a worker.
03:45However, his father's response exceeds his expectations.
03:49But 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 father.
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.
04:23Luke wants Christians to rejoice in the return of sinners, in the conversion of the wicked.
04:30with the compassionate and merciful behavior of God, shown through Jesus.
04:36For he who returns from his wicked life is always our brother, a son of our same father.
04:45Our Christian upbringing has made us forget the older brother,
04:49which does not necessarily represent the Pharisees or scribes of the narrative,
04:54but to the good, faithful, and obedient men who have always stayed at home,
05:01doing everything that is asked of them and entrusted to them.
05:04They, who despite their loyalty and faithfulness, feel forgotten by God,
05:11because for them there is no party to celebrate with their friends.
05:17The father in the parable has truly lost his eldest son.
05:22Because he was distressed and worried about the child's departure,
05:26He has really neglected his treatment and closeness with this elderly man.
05:30It 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
05:44to convince him to participate in the party.
05:49A party that isn't for him, but that is still a space
05:53so that God's family may be restored and remade.
05:59The parable of the dishonest manager draws attention to the ability to renounce everything,
06:07even material possessions themselves,
06:10in order to obtain what is so urgently needed.
06:15The man is accused and threatened with dismissal.
06:20So he considers his options.
06:24As someone prepared for bureaucratic work,
06:28is incapable of tilling the land
06:30and because of his status as a trusted man,
06:33He admits that he would be ashamed to live on charity,
06:37So think of a way to find someone to receive you at their home.
06:41Apparently, when an administrator made loans,
06:46I was entitled to an amount that was included in the final receipt,
06:51so that a portion of those assets constituted his payment
06:55and the other part corresponded to his master's business.
07:01This man decides to forgo his profit
07:04and issue any receipts that may have been signed
07:07if there were no commitment to pay the administrator.
07:13The master acknowledges that his former manager has acted shrewdly.
07:19He has decided to give up what was his
07:20in order to avoid the need to till 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
07:36and the concept of being received,
07:39but in the eternal dwellings.
07:42If the unfaithful manager did everything necessary
07:45to be received in a house
07:48by making shrewd use of his master's property,
07:51All the more reason, a follower of Jesus should be able to use earthly goods.
07:59including money,
08:00to find someone to give him lodging in heaven
08:04or whoever recommends him before the eternal master.
08:08According to this concept, brothers,
08:11just as money can buy goods in this world,
08:15You can also buy eternal goods
08:17if it is used as alms
08:20or if it is shared with the poor and needy.
08:24Jesus believes that faithfulness is a permanent and constant attitude.
08:31Anyone who thinks that one should only be faithful in big or important things
08:36He ignores that fidelity is an attitude of the individual.
08:41and 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.
08:56If we are not able to faithfully take care of what is entrusted to us
09:00and that we have to go back,
09:02How can we take care of what is ours?
09:05and we believe we can do whatever we want with it,
09:11precisely because it belongs to us?
09:14Jesus makes a firm conclusion.
09:17A Christian cannot be a part-time servant of God
09:21and part-time money,
09:24or we serve God fully and use money wisely,
09:29Or we serve money and turn our backs on God.
09:33With some blocks of text
09:35which seem to have no relation to the topic of money
09:39which has been discussed previously and which will be expanded upon with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus,
09:47Luke warns us that Jesus teaches us about money
09:51and that men's values do not align with God's appreciation.
09:56This theme is not exclusive to Jesus,
10:00For the prophets also invited Israel to help the needy and the poor.
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
10:23and not counting the good deeds done by the Christian.
10:50Thank you!