What does the term “rich” remind us of? A happy person, with a beautiful house, a new car, many servants, who can get what he or she likes, go where he or she pleases. The gospel of today is instead showing us the rich quite differently. Jesus is telling us that whoever hoards goods for himself or herself is a “fool”, a poor person who has got everything wrong in life. The first reading prepares this theme by giving us the reflections of the wise Qoheleth on the accumulation of riches that we must then leave to others. The second reading speaks of the new clothes that the Christians is wearing. The new behavior that characterizes him or her as disciple of Christ includes also a radically different relation with riches. And so to make it more clearly, Jesus tells us a parable about a rich man who is really concerned about saving lots of material wealth—as security against hard times. Jesus wants people to understand that in God’s eyes, true security is found in spiritual, not material wealth. For if we give most of our attention to material things we don’t see the needs of people around us, and therefore, don’t try to help them. This gospel then tells us to avoid greed in all its forms. And so the assurance of all we have in life is when we use our given wealth been that of spiritual or physical with our brothers and sisters in need.