The Use—and Abuse—of Power - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon

Friends, for this Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the first and second readings. When read together, they give us a very good sense of Catholic social teaching in regard to the question of power. The Church’s position here is a subtle one. It doesn’t demonize political and economic power; after all, God is described as all-powerful, so power can’t, in itself, be a problem. But it is very much concerned with how we use that power.

Mass Readings:
Reading 1 — Amos 8:4-7
Psalm — Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8
Reading 2 — 1 Timothy 2:1-8
Gospel — Luke 16:1-13

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