Okay
we agree, CatholicMoney.net is a strange name
for a financial website. But we chose it for three specific reasons.
First, we believe those of you
looking for help with your financial future, are best served by faith-filled
financial professionals. The recent scandals involving some of our largest
financial institutions, demonstrate that regulations, and the testing of
financial professionals on their knowledge of various "codes of ethics", do
not prevent dishonesty. Too many individuals are driven by an unholy thirst for wealth.
And when so driven, they can do serious damage to their clients. As
devout Catholic Christians, we hold ourselves to the standards found in the
Bible and taught by the Catholic Church. In so doing, we render
financial service in the framework of good "stewardship".
Second, Christ warns us "Take care to guard
against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of
possessions" (Luke 12:15) By heeding these words, we will not put making
money ahead of our clients' needs and welfare. Also in the scriptures,
Christ tells us, "For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world
and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of
him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of
the Father and of the holy angels." (Luke 9:25-26)
Most of our daily interaction with others is at work.
If we follow a dualistic approach to our lives, that is, give testimony to
our belief in Christ among our family and fellow devout Catholics, but ignore
all the others; are we not "... ashamed of me and my words"? And so we
give testimony in our website and in the way we render financial service.
Third, we subscribe to the
view that financial guidance found in the Bible is the most prudent way to manage money. There is convincing evidence of how
each of us can live well by
following the teachings in the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and New
Testaments. This is amply cited in the
expanded version of this paragraph in, "What We Believe In". It is an
expanded discussion of the financial guidance found in the Old and New
Testaments.