Draw a picture showing what you think both places look like using descriptions from the Gospel.
Who goes to heaven? Who is sent to hell? ACT The moral of the parable is that people need to care for their brothers and sisters. Can you tell the story in your own words? The Gospel has Jesus telling a parable about a rich man and Lazarus.How do we know if Paul thinks Timothy is doing good things? What are some of those things Paul lists? In this week's second reading (1 Timothy 6:11-16), Paul urges Timothy to do good things.What were they doing contrary to the wishes of God? What will happen to them? In the first reading (Amos 6:1a, 4-70), Amos gives a final warning to the people of Jerusalem.CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO the AUDIO DISCUSS May the Gospel challenge touch their hearts. Those who hear this Sunday’s Gospel at Eucharist and who have more than enough of worldly riches still have a chance to use them for good. Do we allow wealth to blind us to the needs of those right on our doorstep? The rich man ignored Lazarus, and now in death they’re permanently apart-the chance to meet lost forever. Here in Luke’s Gospel, the figure of Abraham helps us understand how it’s not riches in themselves that are bad it’s how they’re used. Abraham’s hospitality is part of his story in Genesis.
But Scripture scholar Barbara Reid points out that Abraham is present in the story as a wealthy man who knew how to use his riches for good. In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom and the rich man also died and was buried. The figure of Abraham in this story has always been a side detail for me. In verse 22 we are told that both Lazarus and the rich man died. Between the two, Abraham says, there’s a “great chasm,” so that those on either side can never come close to each other-never again share a cooling drink of water to ease the torment. Lazarus is secure in “Abraham’s bosom” while the rich man is in torment. You know the story: The poor Lazarus is ignored at the rich man’s gate, but after death their status is reversed. Today’s Gospel is the well-known parable of the rich man and Lazarus. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE GOSPEL. He raised his eyes and saw Abraham far offĪnd Lazarus at his side. He was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.Īnd from the netherworld, where he was in torment, Who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scrapsĭogs even used to come and lick his sores.
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linenĪnd lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,