The Parable of the Rich Fool

The “thingdom” can get in the way of the “Kingdom.” We store all kinds of things away, but where do we find our comfort? 

Only 3 things last - faith, hope, and love, as the Apostle Paul says. (1 Corinthians 13) We should find our comfort in those things.

We need a spiritual cleaning out that will allow faith, hope, and love to grow in our lives. 

“Our barns must be filled with faith and hope and love, and not with things.” 

- Msgr. James Vlaun 

Daily Reflections Video for October 17, 2016

The Parable of the Rich FoolLuke 1213 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”