Is there a message to Catholic Bishops in what Jesus said to his disciples in Luke 12: 39:48? Catholics in some Dioceses have reason to consider this passage: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward (Catholic Bishops) whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time (provide Holy Communion to Faithful Catholics?) Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
“Truly, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, (including inebriation by pride) who does not ‘distribute the food allowance at proper time‘ available for Faithful Catholics) then that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish the servant severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful .
That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will (and keep the ‘food allowance’ from being distributed) shall be beaten severely; and the servant who was ignorant of his master’s will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
We may pray that no Bishop in any Catholic Diocese will ever do anything to interfere with the distribution of “the food allowance at the proper time” to Faithful Catholics.
