Tillotson: wealth an opportunity for doing good

Saturday, January 31, 2015
    Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888
Meditation:
    If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
    —1 John 3:17 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Wealth and riches; that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a blessing than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.
    ... John Tillotson (1630-1694), Works of Dr. John Tillotson, v. VI, London: J. F. Dove, for R. Priestley, 1820, Sermon CXLII, p. 551 (see the book)
    See also 1 John 3:17; Luke 12:15; Gal. 6:9-10; Jas. 2:6-7
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make me more aware of the needs around me. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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