ISB ~ Luke 16 v1 - 8

The parable of the Unrighteous Steward is about urgency and preparedness. About to lose his position (16:2), the steward makes use of a pressing situation to find favor with his master’s debtors and prepare for his future (16:4). Christians should take even greater care to prepare for life in the world to come.

• Mystically (St. Gaudentius, Sermo 18):the unrighteous steward signifies the devil, whose dominion over this world is nearing its end. Having wasted the Lord’s goods by stripping us of divine grace and friendship, he now works anxiously to make friends by deception and empty promises of forgiveness. While his ardor and foresight are worthy of imitation, his wicked and dishonest tactics are not.