In the Gospel reading, Jesus tells a parable about an unnamed rich man dressed in fine clothes and a diseased, poor man named Lazarus. Wealth and the pursuit of wealth are dangerous. Look, Jesus, Moses, the prophets, the psalmist and the epistle writers all agree that wealth and its pursuit are dangerous. The antidote is being rich toward God by sharing wealth generously with all in need, especially the poor, foreigners, widows and orphans. In the meantime, when the rich hoard wealth, God takes up the case of the poor.