Gospel and Homily for 18C
Channel: Father Paddy Walsh
Date: 2022-08-02

Three clergymen who jointly owned a lottery ticket won the 
grand total of a whopping million pounds. The question was: 
how much do they keep for themselves and how much should 
they give to God"? After a few minutes the Baptist minister said 
"I know we'll draw a circle and throw the money up in the air, 
whatever lands out of the circle we'll keep and whatever lands 
in the circle we'll give to God." The Priest pipes up and says, 
"You know it's a little windy, I think we should throw the money 
up in the air and whatever lands inside the circle we keep and 
whatever lands outside of the circle we give to God." No, said 
the rabbi. "I think we should throw the money up in the air and 
whatever stays up there is God's, whatever comes down is ours