Someone from the crowd said to him:
‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me
the inheritance.’
But he said to him:
‘Man,
who appointed me judge
or arbitrator
over you (both)?
And he said to them:
‘Take care!
and guard (yourselves) from all (kinds of) greed
Because is a person’s life
is not about when they have abundance.’
So he told them a parable:
The field of certain rich man produced a good crop.
And he thought to himself:
What will I do,
because I do not have somewhere
to gather the harvest?
And he said:
‘I will do this:
I will tear down my barns
and I will build bigger ones
and I will gather there
all my wheat and goods.
And I will say to my Soul:
‘Soul, you have plenty of goods stored.
for many years,
relax, eat, drink, be glad.
But God said to him:
Fool, this night your soul
is demanded
from you.
the things you have prepared – whose will they be?
This is the way for those who store treasure for themselves
and are not rich toward God.
Lord God,
you feed us with the living bread from heaven;
you renew our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love.
Teach us to hunger
for Christ who is the true and living bread,
and to live by every word
that comes from your mouth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.