18th Sunday, Year C

The Gospel reading for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C begins with a man asking Jesus to settle an inheritance issue, his immediate problem. Jesus offers a parable about a more important and longer-term issue: are you storing up things that matter to God? Within the parable are questions of needs, wants, greed, and vanity – and, in the light of last week’s gospel in which Jesus teaches us to pray – there is the question of the things we pray for.

Take a moment and consider this account that is far more than “simple.”  Do it from the comfort of your back porch.

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The Parable of the Rich Fool | Rembrandt, 1627 | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | PD-US | also known as The Money Changer