Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need.

 Test me, O God, and know my thoughts: see if I walk on the path of evil and lead me on the path to Your house.

Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. First Reading: Jeremiah 17.5-10 Reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah – 5This says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes his strength consist in human flesh, while his heart turns away from the Lord; 6like thistles in the desert, he does not see the flowering coming, he prefers to grow in the dryness of the desert, in a brackish and uninhabited region. 7Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord; 8it is like a tree planted by the water, which stretches out its roots in search of moisture, so it does not fear the arrival of heat: its foliage remains green – it does not suffer loss in times of drought and it never stops bearing fruit. 9The heart is deceitful in everything, and that is incurable; who can know him? 10I am the Lord, who searches the heart and tries the feelings, who I give to each person according to their behavior and according to the fruit of their works.” - Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: 1 Happy is he who trusts himself to God! 1. Happy is everyone who does not walk / according to the advice of the wicked; / that he does not enter the path of the wicked / nor will he sit next to mockers; / but he finds his pleasure in the law of God / and meditates on it, day and night, without ceasing. – R. 2. Behold, he is like a tree / which is planted on the banks of the torrent; / it always bears its fruit in its own time, † and its leaves will never wither. / Behold everything he does will prosper. – R. 3. But the lot of the wicked is quite different. † On the contrary, they are the same as dry straw / scattered and dispersed by the wind. / For God watches over the path of the elect, / but the path of the wicked leads to death. – R. Gospel: Luke 16,19-31 Glory to Christ, eternal Word of the Father, who is love! Blessed are those who observe / the Word of the Lord with an upright heart / and who bear much fruit, / persevering to the end! (Lc 8,15) – R. Proclamation of the holy Gospel according to Luke – At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: 19 “There was a rich man, who dressed in fine and elegant clothes and had splendid parties every day. 20A poor man named Lazarus, full of wounds, was on the ground at the rich man's door. 21He wanted to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers that fell from the rich man's table. And besides, the dogs came to lick their wounds. 22When the poor man died, the angels took him to Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In the region of the dead, in the midst of torment, the rich man raised his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus beside him. 24Then he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger to cool my tongue, because I suffer a lot in these flames’. 25But Abraham replied: 'Son, remember that you received your good things during your life and Lazarus, in turn, received your bad things. Now, however, he finds comfort here and you are tormented. 26And besides, there is a great gulf between us: no matter how much anyone wanted, they could not cross from here to you, nor could they cross over to us.' 27The rich man insisted: 'Father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28because I have five brothers. Tell them to warn them, so that they too do not come to this place of torment’. 29But Abraham replied: 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them!' 30The rich man insisted: 'No, Father Abraham, but if one of the dead comes to them, they will certainly be converted.' 31But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses or the Prophets, they will not believe, even if someone rises from the dead.'” – Word of salvation. Jesus denounces concrete situations of glaring inequality. Despite the evolution of science and the success of new technologies, society continues to display a horrible contrast between rich and poor. A large part of the world's population still dies of hunger today. Thus, we remain far from God's project, manifested in Jesus, of abundant life for all. Pope Francis never ceases to warn about the scandal of inequality in the world: “The throwing of food in the trash can no longer be tolerated when there are people who are going hungry. This is social inequality. Today, everything is a game of competitiveness and the law of the strongest, where the powerful swallow the weakest. As a result of this situation, large masses of the population find themselves excluded and marginalized” (EG, 53).star_border

​Test me, O God, and know my thoughts: see if I walk on the path of evil and lead me on the path to Your house.

Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. First Reading: Jeremiah 17.5-10 Reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah – 5This says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes his strength consist in human flesh, while his heart turns away from the Lord; 6like thistles in the desert, he does not see the flowering coming, he prefers to grow in the dryness of the desert, in a brackish and uninhabited region. 7Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord; 8it is like a tree planted by the water, which stretches out its roots in search of moisture, so it does not fear the arrival of heat: its foliage remains green – it does not suffer loss in times of drought and it never stops bearing fruit. 9The heart is deceitful in everything, and that is incurable; who can know him? 10I am the Lord, who searches the heart and tries the feelings, who I give to each person according to their behavior and according to the fruit of their works.” - Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: 1 Happy is he who trusts himself to God! 1. Happy is everyone who does not walk / according to the advice of the wicked; / that he does not enter the path of the wicked / nor will he sit next to mockers; / but he finds his pleasure in the law of God / and meditates on it, day and night, without ceasing. – R. 2. Behold, he is like a tree / which is planted on the banks of the torrent; / it always bears its fruit in its own time, † and its leaves will never wither. / Behold everything he does will prosper. – R. 3. But the lot of the wicked is quite different. † On the contrary, they are the same as dry straw / scattered and dispersed by the wind. / For God watches over the path of the elect, / but the path of the wicked leads to death. – R. Gospel: Luke 16,19-31 Glory to Christ, eternal Word of the Father, who is love! Blessed are those who observe / the Word of the Lord with an upright heart / and who bear much fruit, / persevering to the end! (Lc 8,15) – R. Proclamation of the holy Gospel according to Luke – At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: 19 “There was a rich man, who dressed in fine and elegant clothes and had splendid parties every day. 20A poor man named Lazarus, full of wounds, was on the ground at the rich man's door. 21He wanted to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers that fell from the rich man's table. And besides, the dogs came to lick their wounds. 22When the poor man died, the angels took him to Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In the region of the dead, in the midst of torment, the rich man raised his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus beside him. 24Then he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger to cool my tongue, because I suffer a lot in these flames’. 25But Abraham replied: 'Son, remember that you received your good things during your life and Lazarus, in turn, received your bad things. Now, however, he finds comfort here and you are tormented. 26And besides, there is a great gulf between us: no matter how much anyone wanted, they could not cross from here to you, nor could they cross over to us.' 27The rich man insisted: 'Father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28because I have five brothers. Tell them to warn them, so that they too do not come to this place of torment’. 29But Abraham replied: 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them!' 30The rich man insisted: 'No, Father Abraham, but if one of the dead comes to them, they will certainly be converted.' 31But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses or the Prophets, they will not believe, even if someone rises from the dead.'” – Word of salvation. Reflection: https://www.paulus.com.br/portal/liturgia-diaria/29-quinta-feira-8/ Jesus denounces concrete situations of glaring inequality. Despite the evolution of science and the success of new technologies, society continues to display a horrible contrast between rich and poor. A large part of the world's population still dies of hunger today. Thus, we remain far from God's project, manifested in Jesus, of abundant life for all. Pope Francis never ceases to warn about the scandal of inequality in the world: “The throwing of food in the trash can no longer be tolerated when there are people who are going hungry. This is social inequality. Today, everything is a game of competitiveness and the law of the strongest, where the powerful swallow the weakest. As a result of this situation, large masses of the population find themselves excluded and marginalized” (EG, 53).

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