As for the rich who are not called to simply give up everything like St Anthony the Great when he hears the gospel reading of the rich young man who went away sad: (those who are called to imitate St Anthony, should imitate him) --
we would expect to see great *personal* austerity (here I am leaning on lives of saints who were kings or queens) and maybe concealed physical mortifications (hair shirts was the old way; I don't know what a modern equivalent would be)... Their task is to be a steward or to put it another way one form of stewardship might be to be a perpetual fairy godmother: God tells people "go talk to this person" (in these modern times someone is not outwardly rich: only the IRS knows and also God) and then the rich person's job is the same as Joseph under the pharaoh: to prudently *and* magnanimously be in charge of something *that you do not own* even though you are given an absolutely free hand and total responsibility for it. The people are shocked at God's providence: an insurmountable problem is solved in a moment; God is great and to be praised; to the steward, however, it is Tuesday (and also, one day closer to being called to account: dies irae, the greatly desired but also fearful end of the tightrope walk). I am speculating.
All glory is fleeting.
I'm going to settle on "ephemera" as the best translation. That sense seems to resonate the most for me.
Is it bad the only thing I clear remember from this podcast is "Duck Tales, woo woo!"
One thing I learned about the calendar is weeks are skipped in the middle so that it ends on the 34th week. This year the ninth week was skipped.
The previous calendar counted Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost and resumed Epiphany Sundays if needed since the Pentecost Sundays counted to 24.
Also, had to look it up, munificence is a virtue the wealthy can acquire
Vanity = "Dust in the Wind" (earworm stuck in my head now)
Oh yeah! That’s a good one
As for the rich who are not called to simply give up everything like St Anthony the Great when he hears the gospel reading of the rich young man who went away sad: (those who are called to imitate St Anthony, should imitate him) --
we would expect to see great *personal* austerity (here I am leaning on lives of saints who were kings or queens) and maybe concealed physical mortifications (hair shirts was the old way; I don't know what a modern equivalent would be)... Their task is to be a steward or to put it another way one form of stewardship might be to be a perpetual fairy godmother: God tells people "go talk to this person" (in these modern times someone is not outwardly rich: only the IRS knows and also God) and then the rich person's job is the same as Joseph under the pharaoh: to prudently *and* magnanimously be in charge of something *that you do not own* even though you are given an absolutely free hand and total responsibility for it. The people are shocked at God's providence: an insurmountable problem is solved in a moment; God is great and to be praised; to the steward, however, it is Tuesday (and also, one day closer to being called to account: dies irae, the greatly desired but also fearful end of the tightrope walk). I am speculating.