Duty for an Unworthy Servant, Luke 17.5-10

“When you have done all that you were commanded, say ‘We are unworthy servants, we have only done what was our duty,’” says Jesus to his Apostles. What does this mean for them, those who would carry the Gospel to the known world and what does that mean for us today. Listen as Father Jeremiah explores the need for grace as we do all that Jesus calls us to in the kingdom work he gives to us.

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Stewardship, Discipleship, and Vocation, Luke 16.19-31

After telling the parable of the Shrewd Steward, Jesus then tells a story about a rich man and Lazarus. With this story Jesus brings together the ideas of stewardship in regard to both relationships and possessions. We soon discover that stewardship, discipleship, and vocation are really interlocked into one another and expressions of one another in various ways.

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Our True Steward, Luke 16.1-13

Jesus tells his disciples a parable about a crooked and unjust steward and the master in the story commends him for being shrewd. What does this mean exactly? What underlies the shrewd act on the part of the steward? How does this all relate to Jesus? These questions are considered as Father Jeremiah takes us through this parable and reveals to us the True Steward that we need.

Image by: Phillip Medhurst [FAL], An etching by Jan Luyken illustrating Luke 16:1-9 in the Bowyer Bible, Bolton, England. Located at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teachings_of_Jesus_31_of_40._parable_of_the_unjust_steward._Jan_Luyken_etching._Bowyer_Bible.gif