Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Problems with Corporate Wealth
Are we guilty of the crimes that Amos attributed to his own people: self-indulgence, frivolous distraction, willful ignorance, and cruel neglect of the poor?
John J. Pilch
The rich man is clearly affluent and blessed with surplus. His cultural obligation, common to anyone with surplus, is to give alms.
Throughout the gospel Christ speaks a great deal about the little people and those of the humblest condition.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
When “Dives” calls upon Abraham for a drink of water, he refers to Lazarus by name, indicating that he was very much aware of this man starving at his gate.
Reginald H. Fuller
As so often with the Gospel parables, however, there is a surprise at the end—the dialogue between Dives and Abraham. This is where the real point of the parable lies.