MorphRC Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 [color=red][b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b][/color] [b][font="Times"]Caelum defendet militem, Caelum exercet militem, Caelum docet militem. Amen. Amen.[/font][/b] [color=red][b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b][/color] [color=gray][font="Times"][b]Matthew 6:24: God & Money[/b][/color][/font] [b]Commentary: Matt 6:24.[/b] [b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] [b]Bible Translation:[/b] [url="http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible"]USCCB: New American Bible[/url] [b]Note:[/b] All sources are given, in proper [i]bibliographic setting[/i]. [b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] [b]The Book of Matthew: 6:24[/b] [b]24[/b] "No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. [b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] [font="Times"][b]Commentary:[/font][/b] The main point of this teaching of Christ, is you can have only one master, and must not have any other, for this will divide you, divide your heart and your loyalty. The Master is God. The other master is revealed in the last part of this verse by the Aramaic word '[i]mammon[/i].' This semitic word translates as; 'money' or 'wealth.' [i]You cannot serve God and mammon:[/i] Literally serve God and not wealth, which in a general sense is serving yourself and your wants, and not the Divine law, God's Will. This verse of scripture is also a commentary by Matthew on [b]Deuteronomy 6:5[/b]; [b]5[/b] [i]Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength[/i]. [b]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Money can be such an evil thing !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIX Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 (edited) I always take this to heart. However, I'm just wondering: What do you all define as 'rich?' I mean, I'd say that we are all very wealthy in some sense, because we all have the wealth to be connected to the internet. And we have so much more than we need to survive comfortably. Edited September 1, 2004 by XIX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0lar_bear Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 [quote name='StColette' date='Sep 1 2004, 03:17 AM'] Money can be such an evil thing !! [/quote] Money, in and of itself, is neither good nor evil. Money is useful. Without it, I wouldn't have a computer, or electricity, or food, etc. It is not money that is evil, but rather the [i]love of[/i] money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 That was my meaning even though my sentence did not technically clarify that. lol let's just say my brain isn't functioning to its max capacity at 1 AM hehe But you're right without money we couldn't have a computer, electricity, etc. It is when money turns in to the only means in which we find satisfaction that it becomes some that can cause us to become materialistic and greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0lar_bear Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 I figured you meant that, but I thought it was important to point out. There are people who believe that it is Catholic teaching that people should not be rich...it all ties into liberation theology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIX Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Well, I figure that if you have the money, one of the best things to do with it is to spend a bunch of it on a really nice rosary. BTW, I suggest that everybody read through to the end of chapter 6 in Matt. I love Matt 6:25-31, and it ties in very nicely with 6:24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenchild17 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 (edited) [quote name='XIX' date='Sep 1 2004, 10:48 PM'] Well, I figure that if you have the money, one of the best things to do with it is to spend a bunch of it on a really nice rosary. ;0[/quote] Yeah and when you use to get the Passion DVD. Money can be good for something. Edited September 2, 2004 by goldenchild17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 [quote name='XIX' date='Sep 2 2004, 04:26 AM'] I always take this to heart. However, I'm just wondering: What do you all define as 'rich?' I mean, I'd say that we are all very wealthy in some sense, because we all have the wealth to be connected to the internet. And we have so much more than we need to survive comfortably. [/quote] Mammon refers to money and wealth through money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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