CWL GENERAL MEETING You are cordially invited to attend the next General Meeting on Monday, October 3^rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.  At 7:30 p.m. our special guest will be Mary Ann Lyons who will do a presentation on Indigenous Relationship with Land.  Mary Ann is a graduate of Queen’s University and currently teaches a course in Indigenous Studies at St. Lawrence College.  Please join us.

Possessing the Wealth of the Heart

The parable of the rich man (Dives) and the poor man (Lazarus) in today’s Gospel teaches us that one great evil in the world today is the terrible indifference towards one’s neighbor. This is becoming more and more widespread. It is a parable about the responsibility of wealth. The rich man wrongly saw his material riches as evidence of God’s love and blessing. Likewise, he believed the poor and destitute, like Lazarus, were cursed by God.
True followers of Christ will not be indifferent to the plight of the poor like the rich man in this story was. God loves the poor and is offended when His children neglect them. In fact, those who show mercy to the poor are in effect ministering to Christ personally (Matthew 25:35-40). Christians are known by the fruit they bear. As people who are also in need of God’s mercy and goodness, let us in turn try to be kind, generous and merciful with others. May the Lord be kind to us as we do this.