Lk 16:9-15

Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
is also trustworthy in great ones;
and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
is also dishonest in great ones.
If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
who will trust you with true wealth?
If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
who will give you what is yours?
No servant can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.”

The Pharisees, who loved money,
heard all these things and sneered at him.
And he said to them,
“You justify yourselves in the sight of others,
but God knows your hearts;
for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.”

 

I worked in the Haight  last night, they are so young. Michael, 18, was high on acid, bought him a back pack, Yoro, 14, high and just wanted to hang out, up and down the street, one after another--giving them socks, and food. they were sweet, respectful, and they are Jesus. Came home and 22 year old albert met me at the door, he needed some food, and wanted to talk. Polk was really busy last night. A lot of young partiers. The homeless were simply ignored and pushed to the side.

There have been times when people look at the way I spend my time and see it as a waste--because I do not solve the big problems--of housing and drug abuse,  spend my time who are basically content with where they are, and I spend my time with small amounts of people, one by one.  To me it is being faithful in the small things and in so ding I find the flower of  love. I have a woman who has was my first donor, she gives 25.00 every month, and her gift is more than any other donor because she has been faithful.  When I prepare a gift for people I love, every detail counts, and I do it with joy.  A gentleman excused his lack of religious practice to St. Catherine of Siena, saying he was to busy with the affairs of every day life.  She anwswered, "It is you who make them temporal."  The small things we do is what really makes the difference. For it is in the small things that people meet the Christ, and see him for who he is. It is in the small things where people are truly healed.  Meister Echart wrote: "For not only bread but all things necessary for sustenance in this life are given to us with others, and because of others and for others and to others through us."  It is in the little things of life that God becomes real to us, it is in the little things of life that we make a difference. Deo Gratis! Thanks be to God"