Of Abundance and Need

Note: Every six weeks or so, I’ll be writing on Sundays as well as Tuesdays at Your Daily Tripod , owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

When we pray over and contemplate today’s second reading from 2 Corinthians 8:14 (… As a matter of equality, your abundance at the present time should supply their needs, so that their abundance may also supply your needs, so that there may be equality),there’s a temptation to take it literally. It’s easy to leave the less...