Mansions

Well, an archbishop was chided by his flock for building a 6000 square foot house for himself and to entertain and so on.  This is generally the prelate line.  He then said, "The church has changed."  You bet it has.  No more living like Princes.  But it has taken the laity to get the bishops to focus on the way they live.  It is the laity who are asking the bishops to look again at the opulence of their lifestyle.  Jesus did not entertain anyone.  He had no place to lay his head.  Jesus went to the homes of the rich and had a good time.  If he invited them to anything, it was to pick up their cross.  A mansion is not much of a cross.  Sometimes, I think that our leaders are better at finding donors than they are at finding disciples.