Catholic Homily for November 8, 2025

Money Talks, But God Decides: Who’s Really Your Boss?

Saturday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 16:9–15

Jesus makes it crystal clear: “You cannot serve God and money.” It’s not that you can’t have money – it’s that you can’t serve both God and money as your master. You have to pick one boss.

Money speaks loudly in our world. It promises security, freedom, status, and happiness. But Jesus speaks more clearly: money is a tool, not a master.

The Faithfulness Test

Jesus gives us a practical way to check who we’re really serving:

“If you are not faithful with passing wealth, who will trust you with true riches?”

Think about it: If you can’t handle temporary money properly, how can God trust you with eternal treasures like His grace, spiritual authority, or heavenly rewards?

“If you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?”

Everything we have actually belongs to God. Our money, possessions, talents, and opportunities are all on loan from Him. If we can’t manage God’s stuff faithfully, why would He give us greater responsibilities?

The Heart Check

The Pharisees heard Jesus teaching about money and they scoffed. They loved money and measured success by wealth. They thought having lots of money proved God was blessing them.

But Jesus saw through their thinking: “What is exalted among men can be an abomination before God.”

The world says: “The person with the most money wins.” God says: “The person with the most love for others wins.”

The test isn’t the size of your wallet – it’s the direction of your worship. Do you serve money, or does money serve your mission to love God and help others?

How to Make Money Serve God

Jesus gives us the strategy: Use money to make friends for heaven through alms, mercy, and justice. When your earthly wealth fails (and it will), the people you helped will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

This means:

• Give to those who need it (alms)
• Show compassion in practical ways (mercy)
• Fight for fairness and protect the vulnerable (justice)

Instead of hoarding money for yourself, invest it in relationships that will last forever.

3 Faithful Moves You Can Make Today

1. Tithe the Small

Set aside a fixed gift before spending.

Before you pay your bills or buy anything for yourself, set aside a specific amount to give away. It doesn’t have to be huge – start with whatever you can manage consistently. The point is to make giving your first priority, not your last thought.

Example: “I’ll put $10 in an envelope for charity before I spend anything else this week.”

2. Choose Transparency

Review one money habit with the Gospel and correct it.

Look honestly at one way you spend money and ask: “Does this align with following Jesus?” Maybe you’re:

• Buying things to impress others instead of out of real need
• Spending on yourself while ignoring people who need help
• Using money to avoid hard conversations or responsibilities
• Hoarding out of fear instead of trusting God

Pick one habit and make a concrete change.

3. Prefer Persons

Trade one purchase for time with someone in need.

Instead of buying something for yourself this week, use that money and time to help another person. Take someone out for coffee who’s going through a hard time. Buy groceries for a struggling family. Pay for someone’s gas or utility bill.

The goal is to choose people over possessions, relationships over retail therapy.

Freedom Through Faithful Service

When you serve God and handle money as a servant handles tools, something amazing happens:

Your heart becomes free. You stop worrying about money because you’re not depending on it for security – you’re depending on God.

True riches grow. When you’re faithful with earthly wealth by using it to love others, God trusts you with spiritual riches like peace, joy, meaningful relationships, and the ability to make a real difference in people’s lives.

The Bottom Line

Money will always try to become your master. It promises to solve all your problems and make you happy. But Jesus offers something better: the freedom that comes from having God as your true boss and using money as a tool to love others.

Serve God. Let money serve your mission of love. Then your heart will be free, and true riches will grow.

The question isn’t whether you have money – it’s whether money has you.

Let us Pray

Lord Jesus, help us serve You alone and never let money become our master. Show us how to be faithful with the earthly wealth You’ve entrusted to us. Give us generous hearts that use money to help others and build friendships that will last forever. Free us from the anxiety and greed that money can create, and help us find our security in You alone. Make us good stewards who handle money as servants handle tools – with skill, purpose, and always in service of our true Master. Amen.

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