“Rest and be merry!”

Fr. Carlo Broccardo

“Take care to guard against all greed”, Jesus says, “for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions”. It is a fairly clear statement, it seems to me, that of Jesus! One day, while he was walking, a man from the crowd asked him to mediate in a matter of inheritance. Jesus says no, he won’t. And then he adds a warning: be careful not to stick to money.

Let us note the word “greed”; in Greek there is a noun that express the attitude of those who never have enough, of those who always want more. The things of this world are like this: the more you cling to them, the less they suffice. As it happened to a man who one year had found himself having an exceptionally abundant harvest.

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