First Reading

Reading from the letter of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Philippians

Philippians 3, 17–4, 1

Brothers and sisters: Be imitators of me, and observe the conduct of those who live according to the example I have given you. For, as I have often told you, and now repeat with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; they take pride in what they should be ashamed of, and their minds are set on earthly things.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject all things to himself.

My brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Gospel

Reading from the holy Gospel according to Saint Luke

Luke 16, 1-8

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’ And the steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from stewardship, people may receive me into their houses.’

So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.”