21 October 2024 - Monday of the 29th week
Homily
Dear brothers and sisters,
This Gospel deals with two of Luke's favourite themes: poverty and prayer. Jesus tells the parable of the rich farmer who wants to build bigger and bigger barns to store all his wheat and everything else he owns. God said to him: ‘ You are a fool. Who will use all that you have stored up for yourself? The lesson about the precariousness of our earthly existence is obvious enough. But this parable is the answer to a prayer, and it is followed by a conclusion.