tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post116328131764635947..comments2024-03-15T19:18:22.881-05:00Comments on Servant and Steward: Homily - 12 November 2006Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-1164157968515612432006-11-21T19:12:00.000-06:002006-11-21T19:12:00.000-06:00You are quite correct, Doctor.Capitalism often tea...You are quite correct, Doctor.<BR/><BR/>Capitalism often teaches us a love of money and of "things", rather than a love of God and of neighbor over that of love of myself.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-1163634333098831282006-11-15T17:45:00.000-06:002006-11-15T17:45:00.000-06:00The "widows mite" teaches us a lot. So many love ...The "widows mite" teaches us a lot. So many love capitalism but what does it do to our faith? We spend so much time chasing distractions and past times that makes Freud and Marx look like they are correct in describing our love for God as an "opiate" or a numbing exercise similar to alcohol or drugs. I don't want to sound like I am anti-american. I served in Desert Storm and am proud of what we say we stand for in this country (ok for some of the things we stand for), but a country so rich has a lot to learn from the widow. I think of the 51 million a baseball team paid to just NEGOTIATE with a player. That 51 million would do a lot for the poor in this country. How far we have deviated from Abraham and Noah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com