Luke's gospel is a gospel of good news for the poor. At first sight, today's gospel seems to deal unfairly with the two people in the parable. What was the rich man's sin? Is it a sin to be rich? Is it a sin to eat and drink well? To have a lovely house? To wear lovely and expensive clothes (purple was a sign of wealth)? Did he abuse the poor man in any way? Did he not allow the man to sit there and pick some of the crumbs that fell from the table? Aren't some Catholics very rich? Is there anything wrong with that? In the Gospel there is. To be rich in the Gospel is not just to have more money than other people. It is to hold on to wealth when there are other people who do not have enough to live on. In our society, there are millionaires and destitute people living side by side. Our world is divided between societies which are very prosperous and others where poverty, hunger, disease are rampant. These are sinful situations and they touch all of us in one way or another. What should we be doing - both as individuals and communities to build a Kingdom of love, of justice, of true sharing?