Sunday 25 September 2022 – XXVI in Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Luke (16, 19-31)

At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees:
“There was a rich man, who wore clothes of purple and fine linen, and every day he gave himself to lavish banquets. A poor man, named Lazarus, stood at his door, covered with sores, eager to feed himself with what fell from the rich man’s table; but it was the dogs that came to lick his wounds.
One day the poor man died and was brought by the angels next to Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. Standing in the underworld amidst torments, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham in the distance, and Lazarus beside him. Then shouting he said: “Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and wet my tongue, because I suffer terribly in this flame”.
But Abraham replied: “Son, remember that in life you received your goods, and Lazarus his evils; but now in this way he is consoled, but you are in the midst of torments. Moreover, a great abyss has been established between us and you: those who want to pass through you cannot, nor can they reach us from there ”.
And he replied: “Then, father, please send Lazarus to my father’s house, because I have five brothers. He warns them severely, so that they too do not come to this place of torment “. But Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; listen to them “. And he replied: “No, Father Abraham, but if anyone goes to them from the dead, they will be converted.” Abraham replied: “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if anyone rises from the dead.”

Word of the Lord.