Imprisoned by Money

One sees what happens when the hearts of individuals, and of societies, become seduced by money. It is an ugly, but also completely pathetic sight. Is ...

Is Money Really Valuable?

Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most plainly evidenced in the popular belief that money itself has value and that the worth of other things or ...

Money Can't Buy God

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

Paying with Plastic

When I returned home from a shopping trip, my husband asked how I had paid for everything. "Plastic," I replied. My 10-year-old daughter piped up, "Mom, ...

Poisonous Fruit

In our TV ads, it is as though the ecstasy of the spirit experienced by a St. Theresa or a St. Francis can be reduced to the gratification coming from ...

Money Leads to Degradation

Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities.

The Evil of Idleness

From a sermon on the poor:

"Anyone who would not work should not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). But the laws of Saint Paul are not merely for the ...

The Strength of John Calvin

The strength of that heretic [Calvin] consisted in this, that money never had the slightest charm for him. If I had such servants my dominion would extend ...

Going to the Highest Bidder

He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.

The Danger of Wealth

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine ...