Encouraging Charity

Ὡς φιλοκόσμῳ εὐπρέπεια ἱματίων, οὕτω σοὶ τὸ Ψαλμικὸν ἐφαρμόζει, Αἰσχυνθήτωσαν οἱ ἀνομοῦντες διακενῆς. Θύρας γὰρ καὶ τρόπους κερδῶν ὑπανοίξας, σὺ μὲν τὰς ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ἀποτίσεις εὐθύνας, ἑτέροις δὲ θησαυρίζεις τοὺς πόρους, οἶς πλείονας καὶ σαυτῷ τιμωρίας σωρεὺεις. Εἰ τοίνυν βούλοιο κὰκείνους καὶ ἑαυτὸν τοῦ πυρὸς ἀπαλλάξαι, πολλοί σε Λάζαροι κυκλοῦσιν· εἰς αὐτοὺς τὴν φλόγα τῶν χρημάτων ἐκτίναξον, καὶ μετ' αὐτῶν ἐκεῖσε κληρονομήσεις ἀνάψυξιν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΙΕ Εὐσεβιῳ Ἐπισκοπῳ Source: Migne PG 78.317c-d

As elegance of vestments for him who loves adornment, so the Psalmist fittingly cries out to you: 'Let the profitless workers of wickedness be disgraced.' 1 For you should quietly open your doors and ways of gain, that you may quickly pay back what you have heaped up from the work of others, that which with you have accumulated for yourself with great care. If, then, you have the will to deliver them and yourself from the fire, many Lazaruses surround you. By them extinguish the flames of wealth, and with them you shall acquire relief. 2 Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 215, To the Bishop Eusebius 1 Ps 24.4 2 Lk 16.20