Think you need more land?

I always do. With more land I could really make a go of it... but this story by Leo Tolstoy got me thinking again. Isn't that grass always greener?

Oremus pro invicem!

P.S. Merry Christmas! We're still celebrating, I hope you are too!

Peter Maurin on Usury

Peter Maurin (of the Catholic Worker Movement) wrote an easy essay on the usury:

Legalized Usury

Because John Calvin legalized
money lending at interest
the State has legalized
money-lending at interest.
Because the State has legalized
money-lending at interest
home-owners have mortgaged their homes.
Because the State has legalized
money-lending at interest,
farmers have mortgaged their farms.
Because the State has legalized
money-lending at interest,
institutions have mortgaged their buildings.
Because the State has legalized
money-lending at interst,
Congregations have mortgaged their churches.
Because the State has legalized
money-lending at interest,
cities, counties, States,
and the Federal Government
have mortgaged themselves
in all kinds of financial difficulties
because the State has legalized
money-lending at interest.

Advice (paraphrased) given to my son from a brother of the Missionaries of the Poor during my son's mission trip to Jamaica:

You have plenty of time in this life to do lots of things. But, you don’t have enough time in life to serve the Lord!

Oremus pro invicem!