Newsletter Sunday August 28th 2022 (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A thought on today’s Gospel Reading

· In the opening prayer we ask God to bring our gifts to perfection.  Whatever we have, talent, wealth or the ambition which enables us to achieve, we have it from God. If “a generous rain” has been poured on us, if we have been given a home to live in, if we are in a comfortable position it is by the gift of God and we are meant to be sharers and carers.

· If we let pride rule our heart, we turn aside from God. It is illusory to devote   ourselves to social climbing and seek the glare of the camera. We need to not take social and financial celebrity so seriously. Remember how other people live lives of quiet desperation, plagued with want and anxiety. If we pass them in the street, why not show some respect and compassion?