From this, where do the Gospel readings invite us to?  The gospel for the 25^th Sunday is the story of the rich man's steward, who cancels his master's debts.  The gospel for the 26^th Sunday tells the story of the rich man and Lazarus, the beggar outside his door.  When Lazarus dies, he is carried away to Abraham's bosom, while the rich man suffers "in torment".  The rich man asks Abraham for assistance, just a dip of water on fingers, and Abraham replies "remember that you received what was good during your lifetime...now, ... you are tormented." The rich man's sin was not that he received what was good, but rather, that he ignored the outcast, the man who covered in sores was beside his door every day, Lazarus.  The previous week's reading ends with  "No servant can serve two masters....You cannot serve both God and mammon." The rich man did not see the other, did not see God's presence in Lazarus.  How often do we walk by those who are minoritas? Do we remember to reach out to the poor and those on the margins.  Do we know them by name, or rather as individuals, as Francis knew those he served? Do we embrace the other, the immigrant , the creation all around us, or do we ignore it, as the rich man ignored Lazarus?  Let us try to find those around us, who have become part of our background, as Lazarus had become for the rich man and reach out to them.