Confessing Your Financial Sins | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Confessing Your Financial Sins | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese: "In this article, I want to examine the connection between one of the wonderful tools the Church provides us to work out our salvation—the Sacrament of Confession—and one of the most ordinary, practical dimensions of our lives—our finances.
There are many wonderful books and articles on the subject of confession. However, there are almost none that deal specifically with the connection between confession and our own personal financial sins. There is a wonderful Jewish saying that goes, “The longest path is the one that leads from the heart to the pocket.”
According to several recent money magazines, the average American household has an outstanding credit card balance of over $8,000, a rising level of overall debt, an average retirement account balance that is woefully short of their needs for retirement, and little to nothing saved for their children’s education. While it would be nice to think that these statistics do not apply to Orthodox Christians, I have yet to find any proof that Orthodox Christians are statistically different from the rest of the population in this regard."
There are many wonderful books and articles on the subject of confession. However, there are almost none that deal specifically with the connection between confession and our own personal financial sins. There is a wonderful Jewish saying that goes, “The longest path is the one that leads from the heart to the pocket.”
According to several recent money magazines, the average American household has an outstanding credit card balance of over $8,000, a rising level of overall debt, an average retirement account balance that is woefully short of their needs for retirement, and little to nothing saved for their children’s education. While it would be nice to think that these statistics do not apply to Orthodox Christians, I have yet to find any proof that Orthodox Christians are statistically different from the rest of the population in this regard."
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