[Grem] A mai nagyböjti szentmise igéi Római Szent Franciska ünnepén

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel tells the story of the rich man and the poor man,
Lazarus, at his gate.God is not pleased with this kind of economic
inequality, and he burns with passion to set things right. Even though it
makes us uncomfortable—and God knows it does, especially those of us who
live in the most affluent society in the world—we can’t avoid it because
it’s everywhere in the Bible.St. Thomas Aquinas says, "We must distinguish
between ownership and the use of property." We have a right to ownership,
through our hard work or inheritance. Fair enough. But with regard to the
use of those things, then, says Thomas, we must always be concerned for the
common good and not our own.*
*That’s an extraordinarily powerful claim, though it’s stated in rather
sober language. Yes, you have a right to property and ownership, but when
and how you use what you own is always a matter of the common good, which
especially includes Lazarus at your gate: whoever is suffering and in need.*

*Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké. Ámen.*
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