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DEACON GEORGE’S HOMILY FOR EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Today’s parable, “the rich man and his barns”, is only found in Luke’s Gospel. As Luke was addressing his Gospel mainly to non-Jews, therefore, he must have thought that this parable was important for them. Jesus was surrounded by a large crowd, to whom he was giving his message of salvation. However, some men in the crowd asked him to arbitrate in a family dispute over property. They asked Jesus, because, in those days, rabbis were expected to give judgement on the whole range of the Law, which included civil, criminal and religious questions. Jesus refused to do this, no doubt, for a very good reason. However, their interest in property, gave him the opportunity to teach his hearers, and all of us, a very effective parable on the relative value of this world’s goods. The lesson of this parable is very obvious to us all…..
Holy Trinity and St George 