Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time [I]
Sirach 17:20-24  +  Mark 10:17-27
March 4, 2019

“How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!”

Why is it hard “for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God”?  The Church does not teach that human wealth is evil in and of itself.  Some mistakenly think that Scripture says that money is the root of all evil.  But the correct quote from Saint Paul is that “the love of money is the root of all evils” [1 Timothy 6:10].  Nonetheless, that begs the question:  what is it about the love of money that tempts the wealthy away from the Kingdom of God? Continue reading →