GOSPEL Avarice destroys relationships as it undermines the trust and mutual belief in each other. Avarice causes us to refuse to accept that we are different and demands that God treat everyone in exactly the same way. Can you think of a recipe for life more boring than this? We should rejoice in our differences as they are the basis for a greater variety of experiences of the goodness of God to us. Let us be grateful that in our uniqueness God loves us and He knows and acts upon what is best for us as individuals. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Luke 12:13-21 13 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” 14 He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” 15 Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. 17 He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ 18 And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods 19 and I shall say to myself, ‘Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ 21 Thus will it be for the one who store up treasure for themselves but is not rich in what matters to God.” think: Let us be grateful that in our uniqueness God loves us and He knows and acts upon what is best for us as individuals.
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