Friday of the 31st week of Ordinary Time

14But I am also certain about you, my brothers, that you also have been filled with love, completed with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another. 15But I have written to you, brothers, more boldly than to the others, as if calling you to mind again, because of the grace which has been given to me from God, 16so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God. 18So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed, 19with the power of signs and wonders, by power of the Holy Spirit. For in this way, from Jerusalem, throughout its surroundings, as far as Illyricum, I have replenished the Gospel of Christ. 20And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another, 21but just as it was written: “Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand.”

1A Psalm of David himself. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has performed wonders. His right hand has accomplished salvation for him, with his holy arm.

2The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.

3He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

4Sing joyfully to God, all the earth. Sing and exult, and sing psalms.

1And he also said to his disciples: “A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods. 2And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’ 3And the steward said within himself: ‘What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg. 4I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’ 5And so, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?’ 6So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’ 7Next, he said to another, ‘In truth, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your record books, and write eighty.’ 8And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.