Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Amos condemns the complacency of the rich who seeks only their own confort (1). In his parable about the rich men and Lazarus, Jesus echoes Amos, exhorting those who have to share with those who have not. Selfsufficiency must never blind us to the needs of others (3, Ps). Only in this way do we keep God's commandments in integrity and in truth (2).