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Speak to my brother Lord, that he may share his inheritance with me. But Jesus replied, who made me judge and lawyer over you? Then he turned to the crowd and said: Watch out and be careful against covetousness. For a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things he possesses. And he spoke a parable saying: A business of a certain rich man did very well. And when he ran out of storage for all his goods, he looked for a solution. And with the help of an architect, he redesigned a bigger and better barn, to keep all his products and precious fruits. Then he praised himself and said, I have plenty of goods laid up for many years. I will retire, go on holidays and spend quality time with friends and family, shop, and play golf. But God interrupted him and said: You fool, this night your soul will be required, and who will take over your wealth and power? So is it to him who lay up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

Take no thought for your life, what you will eat, neither for the body nor what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. Look at the birds, they don’t sow or reap and have no storehouses, and yet your Father feeds them daily. How much more valuable are you than these little birds? And who of you by worrying about these things can add one inch to his length. If you then are not able to do that, then why worry about the rest? See the flowers, how they grow. They neither spin nor toil, yet Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of them. If God then so clothes the grass, which is today in the field and tomorrow burns by fire, how much more will he not clothe you, you of little faith?

Fear not my little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell what you have and give alms. Provide for yourselves bags which wax not old, and treasure in heaven that fails not, where thieves can’t reach, nor the moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will you find your heart.