INTRO TO READINGS — INFOGRAPHICS

First Reading

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Amos 6:1a, 4-7

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Second Reading

1 Timothy 6:11-16

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Gospel Reading

Luke 16:19-31

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Featured Anecdotes

America’s Mansions

THE RICHEST (10:06) – Bill Gates is putting his net worth of $115 billion to good work, including spending over $60 million to make his very own high-tech haven called “Xanadu 2.0”, which is worth $154 million in 2020.

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul

September 27th is the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul. In 16th century France, Saint Vincent de Paul observed the disparity between the rich and the poor. As a priest, he had the opportunity to experience the aristocratic life as well as the life of the destitute poor in Paris. He organized groups of women called Charities who gave their time and belongings to the poor. Some of these women chose the consecrated life and became the first female congregation to live a consecrated life “in the world,” and not in the cloister. Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac founded this congregation,  and named it the “Daughters of Charity.”  Our first U.S.-born saint, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, founded the U.S. branch of the Daughters of Charity.

Two centuries after Saint Vincent de Paul, a 20-year old college student, Frederick Ozanam, and five other students, witnessed the dire poverty of the lower social classes in Paris. They decided to dedicate themselves to the poor, after the example of Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1833, they established the “Conference of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul,” soon to be called “The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.”  They were determined to bring not only bread but friendship to the poor. They would not ignore the Lazaruses at their door in 19th century Paris. Frederic Ozanam was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997. 

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26th Sunday of Year C

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

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While Jesus’ parable in the Gospel might feel distant, its core message resonates powerfully in the modern world, perhaps nowhere more vividly than in Danny Boyle’s 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire. The movie masterfully translates the parable’s timeless themes of indifference, the gulf between the powerful and the suffering, and the ultimate reversal of fortunes into a contemporary, secular narrative. Through the journey of its protagonist, Jamal Malik, the film presents a modern Lazarus, whose exploiters embody the anonymous rich man, forcing the audience to confront the same urgent warning given two millennia ago.

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Yet, even in its hopeful ending, the film echoes the parable’s solemn warning. The rich man, horrified, begs for Lazarus to be sent to warn his brothers, but is told they already have the guidance of the prophets. The film suggests that we, too, have our warnings—in the gospels, in the stories of saints, and in the faces of the poor on our screens. We cannot claim ignorance. The parable ends not with joy, but with an urgent, unsettling command: “Don’t wait.” It reminds us that the chasm between wealth and poverty, indifference and love, does not begin after death. It is here, now, in the gates we erect in our own lives. Both the ancient story and the modern film serve as a desperate wake-up call, urging us to identify the Lazarus in our own world and to bridge the gap with compassion before it becomes eternally, irrevocably fixed.

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