In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
It is no strange thing that you should be scandalized when someone
gets something he did not earn. Something about that just does not
feel right. You worked hard for your money, and so you have more
right to the comforts it can buy than the guy who never worked a day
in his life. Those who simply inherit the fortunes of others may be
blessed, but they are lazy, at least in the eyes of many in this
world. No work, no eat – that is the pattern of this life, or at
least it should be, by all accounts.
And yet there are many who live not by the sweat of their own brows,
but by the hand of the government and the tax dollars of their
neighbors. Our land teems with those who do better on the dole than
if they actually worked for a living, given their meagre background
and skills. We often feel a sense of disgust toward those who game
the system, taking from the hardworking and giving to the lazy, while
the rich look on with derision at this middle- and lower-class
bickering over pennies.
