The Economical Crisis Is The Result Of Greed

29/11/2011 The faithful who attended the Divine Liturgy could listen to the Gospel fragment on the rich ruler, a two millennia old text, but very topical, because it shows the correct attitude of the man towards the material goods. In the context of the crisis we pass through, the deeper understanding of this evangelical story can help normalise the situation, because the economical financial crisis we pass through at present is the result of greed, as His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel showed in the sermon delivered yesterday, 27 November, at the Patriarchal Cathedral – as “Lumina” newspaper informs us. The Gospel fragment read on the 30th Sunday after the Pentecost focused on wealth as obstacle in the way of salvation and of the Christian improvement, as we can notice in the discussion of Christ, our Saviour, with a young rich man who although faithful and virtuous, concerned to reach eternal life, was not generous but enslaved by his wealth.