{"id":507,"date":"2025-09-22T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/?p=507"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:57:19","slug":"do-not-chase-wealth-at-the-expense-of-your-faith-priest-warns-parishioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/news\/do-not-chase-wealth-at-the-expense-of-your-faith-priest-warns-parishioners","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Chase Wealth at the Expense of Your Faith, Priest Warns Parishioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"507\" class=\"elementor elementor-507\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77db9f19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77db9f19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef2b83e\" data-id=\"ef2b83e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b28e0c0 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b28e0c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During Sunday Mass at\u00a0Saints Peter and Paul Parish,\u00a0Fr. Edward Anthony\u00a0delivered a powerful homily cautioning congregants against the obsession with fast wealth and material gain.<\/p><p>\u201cThe world celebrates the rich and ignores the poor, without questioning how that wealth was obtained.\u201d<\/p><p>Fr. Edward highlighted the virtue of humility and integrity, reminding worshippers that some honest people choose to live modestly\u2014even in positions of influence\u2014because they are serving God\u2019s people.<\/p><p>\u201cWe may be tempted to think wealth brings happiness, but in reality, it often brings spiritual harm and lasting trouble.\u201d<\/p><p>He warned that pursuing riches without values risks compromising one\u2019s faith.<\/p><p>\u201cChristians should not enslave themselves for riches. If we do, our faith has lost its foundation.\u201d<\/p><p>The Nuba Mountains, is developing quite fairly but crime is on the rise. In August, a theft at the parish\u2019s primary school, saw over two million SDGs.\u00a0stolen from the office.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-508\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1600-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fr. Edward, became a parish priest for Sts Peter &amp; Paul in May.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Sunday Mass at\u00a0Saints Peter and Paul Parish,\u00a0Fr. Edward Anthony\u00a0delivered a powerful homily cautioning congregants against the obsession with fast wealth and material gain. \u201cThe world celebrates the rich and ignores the poor, without questioning how that wealth was obtained.\u201d Fr. 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