And he spoke a parable unto them, saying,
The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
He uselessly accumulates wealth when he does not know how he will use it. He is like him who, when his full barns were bursting from the new harvest, prepared storehouses for his abundant fruits, not knowing for whom he gathered them. The things that are of the world remain in the world, and whatever riches we gather are bequeathed to our heirs. The things that we cannot take away with us are not ours either. Only virtue is the companion of the dead. Compassion alone follows us. It is the guide to the heavens and the first of the mansions. Through the use of worthless money, it acquires eternal dwellings for the dead. The Lord’s commands testify when he says, “Make friends for yourselves by means of unrightfeous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.” Exposition of the Gospel of Luke, Homily
