2445. Love for the poor is incompatible with immoderate love of riches or their selfish use:
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.237
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
108. Why did Jesus manifest the Kingdom by means of signs and miracles?
201. Why does the Church have the power to forgive sins?
38. With what name does God reveal Himself?
2. Why does man have a desire for God?
450. Why did God “bless the Sabbath day and declare it sacred” (Exodus 20:11)?
186. How do Bishops exercise their ministry of sanctification?
211. How can we help the souls being purified in purgatory?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What do the horseman, angel, and Lord symbolize in Zechariah’s vision described in Zechariah 1:8-17?
What is the significance of Christ being the Head of Creation, as mentioned in Colossians 1:15-17?
What is the importance of humility and repentance according to the book of Baruch?
What is the unchanging nature of God, according to Malachi 3:6?
What is the role of faith in the midst of suffering, according to Job 13:15-16?
