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Author Topic: If you came into great wealth would you still work a 'job'?  (Read 1508 times)

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Re: If you came into great wealth would you still work a 'job'?
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2023, 10:59:58 PM »
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  • Yes, I’d still work, but I’d run my own organization and collect no pay for myself.  I’d be bored to tears having nothing that I had to do.  A few weeks of being waited on hand and foot would be nice.  After that, it’d be a prison!  

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    Re: If you came into great wealth would you still work a 'job'?
    « Reply #16 on: August 22, 2023, 01:14:14 AM »
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  • Thanks for the ideas. What about scripture saying we must work if we want to eat?

    Also a Saint whom I forgot who, said. Boredom, a desire for desires.
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    Whoa. Don't feel obliged to answer, but is this a non-hypothetical question? :popcorn:

    To answer your question, suppose you became independently wealthy. Your most important resource now is TIME!! The one thing you have to earn your salvation, and the one thing you can't get any more of beyond what has been allotted you. No amount of luck or work can get you more of that.

    So, now that you do have a huge amount of available time due to your sudden windfall, what should you do with it? Go to Mass every single day. Move to a place where you can do so if that is not possible where you are now. Give your time to God. Sing in the church choir. Serve Mass. Teach in your church school. Help with catechism lessons. Spend your time helping the priests in their apostolic work. Work for the good of souls however you can.

    When you come to the end of your life, how will you want to have spent your time? Especially now that you have so much of it available (if you do)? Do all of that now, and until you die. You won't be sorry. :cowboy:


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    Re: If you came into great wealth would you still work a 'job'?
    « Reply #17 on: August 22, 2023, 03:02:56 AM »
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  • Were I to come into significant money, I would definitely leave my employment, and I would occupy myself with learning, physical fitness, and assisting fellow trad Catholics with their needs.

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    Re: If you came into great wealth would you still work a 'job'?
    « Reply #18 on: August 22, 2023, 03:06:08 AM »
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    Whoa. Don't feel obliged to answer, but is this a non-hypothetical question? :popcorn:

    To answer your question, suppose you became independently wealthy. Your most important resource now is TIME!! The one thing you have to earn your salvation, and the one thing you can't get any more of beyond what has been allotted you. No amount of luck or work can get you more of that.

    So, now that you do have a huge amount of available time due to your sudden windfall, what should you do with it? Go to Mass every single day. Move to a place where you can do so if that is not possible where you are now. Give your time to God. Sing in the church choir. Serve Mass. Teach in your church school. Help with catechism lessons. Spend your time helping the priests in their apostolic work. Work for the good of souls however you can.

    When you come to the end of your life, how will you want to have spent your time? Especially now that you have so much of it available (if you do)? Do all of that now, and until you die. You won't be sorry. :cowboy:
    Well it's a hypothetical question... for now, whether it becomes a reality or not is up to God.

    I know scripture says let everyman work that can work, so this idea of 'work' is important because I don't want to burn in hell for all eternity. :(

    Your suggestions are good, those things I will have to think about. I would love to go to mass everyday while also living in a rural area but it's not also possible to get everything you want. I do not like the noise of cars, ridiculously bright street lights, party noise, subwoofers during the day, the concrete suburban jungle....

    I will have to be careful looking into where to live, because the SSPX is looking like it won't be an option in due time due to the huonder oils and novus ordo priests that aren't re-ordained :'(.