Sunday Devotions: The Woe of the Wealthy

Psalm 146, Amos 6, Luke 16

Having just warned that one “cannot serve God and wealth” (Luke 16:13), Jesus now makes clear the consequences of trying to do both. In this week’s gospel lesson, he tells a parable of God’s judgment on two men, one on each side of the social divide created by wealth.

Outside the house of a rich man “who feasted sumptuously every day” (Luke 16:19) sits L…