"Old Greedy Guts" was one of the worst things someone could say about us when we were kids. When, indeed, we were greedy, the epithet stung because it was true. Most of us learned to be generous most of the time, but some never did and really did grow up to become very much "greedy guts." The opposite of being a greedy person is not just simple "niceness" or even just generosity; for a Christian, the oppositite is to be a Eucharistic Person: humble, self-sacrificial, and an agent of communion. 

Homily shared with the Saint Francis Catholic Community in Cuenca, Ecuador.