Last Sunday, the three of us attended morning mass at 10:45am. A really old white priest presided over the mass. He had little white hairs on his bald head and was barely able to walk and such.
His sermon was all political initially. He mentioned something about the poor asking for too much from the rich. This is to discuss the issue of greed being in the guise of wanting what cannot be given.
He also said that greed can be overcome and has an opposite. That opposite is countered as `gratitude`. So I get it. When someone gives whole-heartedly and without expecting so much as a `thanks` or anything in return, then consider that intention as greed.
For without the motive to do good, there belies the need to be wanted or the want to be needy. Do I make sense? That’s what I got out of the old man’s interpretation of why greed exists – it’s because there are givers!
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