Sternke: Repentance as Economic Redistribution

Father Ben Sternke with a fun insight in his newsletter today:

What fruit would indicate we are participating in preparing for God’s salvation to arrive?

John the Baptist’s first answer to this question is economic redistribution: “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food to share should do the same.” He goes on to tell tax collectors and soldiers to stop practicing extortion and injustice.