a good life. It's something we all strive for. And something we all should have. So, why don't we? This little reading says it should be available for everyone, the things that are necessary for one that is. But, we are also all entitled to our own things. How do you think that works? It's either equal or fair. There can't be both.
But the catholic church says it in a way that can seem possible. They say that they are incentives for people to help in the community and be productive for the whole. Smart. Seems plausible actually. And maybe it is, but maybe the problem lies in the whole incentive idea. People have their own incentives, for their own goods and their own beings. That is where the true problem lies. It's too broad just to say be a productive member of your society and of the human race, because, most people are.
Now, it seems here this is where the Catholic Church makes amends to it. That being Godly, means not to ignore our neighbors who may be more poor than us and do not live as good of a life. That is why there are material things, for us to share. And it seems this kind of idea comes straight out of Luke's Gospel. Luke always maintained that all material things should be shared or sold for the greater good of the community, and that those things should go to the less fortunate.
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