In these premarital counseling sessions I like to get to know the couple as well as probe into various aspects of their views on topics that could become difficult later on in the marriage if they were to proceed with assumptions. In this session I decided to touch on the topic of money. Now I am aware that people often use the word love loosely. Both the groom and I seemed equally taken aback. No, it doesn't, I replied.
Money is a good thing, a useful thing, a necessary thing, in our society, at least.
Money is not the root of evil. I believe it is because love is something of the very essence of God. Thus, the human capacity for love is actually the capacity to, in some sense, control the essence of God. And when we abuse this gift by directing it towards anything less than God or other people we upset the flow of energy in our hearts and relationships. To love is to play with holy fire.