(Love of Money) 1Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Pope Francis spoke out against the world’s economic systems on Sunday urging those who are unemployed to find work and for everyone to avoid the “god called money.”
The Pope tossed aside prepared text that he was scheduled to deliver to a group of unemployed workers on the island of Sardinia and spoke off-the-cuff for 20 minutes.
“I find suffering here … It weakens you and robs you of hope,” the Pope said. “Excuse me if I use strong words, but where there is no work there is no dignity.”
“We don’t want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm,” he continued according to Reuters. “Men and women have to be at the center (of an economic system) as God wants, not money.”
Caligari, the capital city of Sardinia, has a youth unemployment rate of 51 percent. The Pope ended his unprepared remarks with a prayer for God to “give us work and teach us to fight for work.”
Jesus is the ‘One He has sent’. Praise God!
John 6:27-29
Jesus~ “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”