If you have been following the gospel texts, you would notice that there has been a jump from Chapter 6: 1- 24. This ‘missing’ verse will form the curtain raiser for the season on lent to begin this Wednesday and we will reflect upon it on Ash Wednesday.

Today’s gospel can unfortunately be highly misused by those who get caught up with headlines rather than the fine print. The headline does not read. Money is the root of all evil but the love of it.  So it is not a condemnation of wealth or possessions but a dire warning if we begin to be servants to wealth. In that sense even a billionaire, obsessed by money is still a SERVANT.