The Rich Man

Et quearebat Jesum videre. Qui Christum videre quaerit, coleum unde Christus est, non terram, de qua aurum est, intueatur. Dives ergo, qui sursum respicit, non portat divitias, sed proculcat; nec incurvatur divitiis, sed levatur; atque agit divitias ad largientis obsequium, non ad divitiarum avaritiae servitutem; divitiarum servus, non dominus est avarus: at misericors tot servos se probat habere quot nummos. Sanctus Petrus Chrysologus, Sermo LIV, De Zachaeo Source: Migne PL 52.349a

And He sought to see Jesus.1 He who seeks to see Christ looks to heaven from whence Christ came, not to earth from which gold comes. Therefore the rich man who looks up, does not bear his wealth but tramples on it, he is not bent down by riches but lifted up. He uses his riches in the service of Him who gave them, not in the servitude of avarice for more wealth. The avaricious man is the slave of riches, not their lord; the merciful man proves that he has as many servants as he has coins. Saint Peter Chrysologus, from Sermon 54, On Zechariah 1 Lk 19.3