DAILY HOMILIES #dives

The sin of the rich man in today’s Gospel passage is not in how he made his money but in his indifference to the poor and suffering. The rich man had enough money to host parties daily and feast sumptuously, but he couldn’t help Lazarus. Lazarus was attracted to his gate in the hope of feeding on the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table, but sadly, no one gave him anything. One great man once said, “Evil triumphs in the world not because there are bad people but because the good people don’t care.” Indifference is a sin.