The Christian life demands the courage to go against the tide, to love like Jesus, who even went so far as to sacrifice Himself on the Cross, that is what it is. The steward in today’s parable went at all cost to secure his office an position.

Paraphrasing one of St. Augustine’s thoughts, one could say, that through earthly riches we must procure for ourselves those true and eternal riches – indeed, if people exist who are prepared to resort to every type of dishonesty to assure themselves an always unpredictable material well-being, how much more concerned we Christians must be to provide for our eternal happiness with the goods of this earth (Discourses, 359, 10).

The gospel of today therefore, is a reminder that all of our wealth or possessions including our talents are gifts from God. We must be good stewards of them. That means we ought to use them for the good of all and for the glory of God.

OSHO