An international year of prayer for
Morocco
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Quality of Life"If you have money, there is no place to live like Morocco!" Hassan continued. "We have fresh produce, meat, fish, clothing, everything we need. However, if you don't have enough, it is hard." Hassan worked in Casablanca for a time. When he grew tired of the noise, pollution and hassle of the city, he found good work and moved to Agadir, a beach resort in the south."Life is more relaxed. We go jogging on the beach in the morning and stroll on the boardwalk on Sundays." At the market, Hassan sometimes buys country eggs instead of factory eggs. "They cost more, but are richer in vitamins." He drives a Mercedes Benz. "Quality. That's what I look for." In contrast, the larger working classes are usually more religious and more interested in spiritual things. If employed, the challenge is to make ends meet. The fortunate have a family home in which to live without paying rent. Others must scrape together enough to rent a room or a small dwelling. Often several families of a half dozen or more will live in single rooms of a traditional house built around a shared courtyard. "And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, "What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops." Then he said, "This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." But God said to him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?" This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."" Luke 12:16-21
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