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  • What Does Jesus mean by “Unrighteous Mammon?”

    08/07/2013 4:14:56 AM PDT · by markomalley · 12 replies
    Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 8/7/2013 | Msgr. Charles Pope
    Staying in a kind of reflective mode from Last SundayÂ’s Gospel on Greed and how to avoid it, there may be value in pondering why Jesus called some (or all) mammon (wealth) unrighteous. The phrase occurs in the Gospel of Luke where Jesus says: I tell you, make friends for yourselves by your use of dishonest wealth, so that, when it fails, they will welcome you to eternal dwellings. (Luke 16:9). We discussed yesterday what it means to be welcomed into eternal dwellings and who these friends who welcome us really are. But in this post perhaps we can consider...