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Originally Posted by CastleBravo
Well what he said was....
And it certainly isn't everyones life calling. Not mine either. But to not have a calling for financial success can be interpreted as a calling to mediocrity.
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Then you're judging everyone with how much money they make money is your yardstick in life. Bill gates is probably a mediocre singer and a lousy actor.
John of the cross is probably a lousy merchant but he was a great mystic.
A person may be a great soldier but is a mediocre businessman. But your view is shared by many people in today's world that measure a man's worth by how much money he is making.
I know a priest of certain monastic order who is very successful. In fact he is like no other man I know. Not even Obama. In my mind he is a great person. But he doesn't have a lot of money. If he wanted to stray from the righteous path he could even change history and the leaders of my country or at least making himself extremely wealthy. No joking. You would ask how could he? I mean he's just a priest . . .because money is your yardstick. The Somalian pirate leaders probably have more money than most of us. Is he a great man to you? There are people who ran away with people's money in my country I mean really lots of money in hundreds million of dollars and got away with it. You think they are great men?