The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - August 3, 2025 - Mr. Ed Carrette, Community Missioner, Homilist

SummaryGrace Community Missioner Ed Carrette explores Jesus's parable of the rich fool, emphasizing that the problem isn't wealth itself but greed and selfishness that lead us to forget God and neglect our neighbors. He challenges listeners to be "rich toward God" by showing gratitude through sharing our abundance with those in need, rather than hoarding possessions for ourselves alone.A reading from the Gospel of Luke                                              Luke 12:13-21Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, `What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, `I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, `Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God." Artwork:  The Man Who Hoards, by James Tissot (1836-1902)