Jesus warns us to guard against greed in today’s gospel. Fr Greg points that our possessions aren’t really the problem. It’s clinging to them so tightly to it that we loose sight of reality – the reality of God, the reality of others, and even the reality of our own mortality. Living the life God gives us fully and sharing it generously each day with those around us is what really matters.
What profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun?
ECC 1:2; 2:21-23
Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly.
COL 3:1-5, 9-11
“Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
LK 12:13-21