The purpose of this article is to address – in the thought of St. John Chrysostom – the question of the concentration of goods and greed, which bring consequences misery and hunger of many. From the rescue of some literary works of this Father of the Church, as well as biblical texts that refer to the theme, this article starts from the questions: is it possible to accept the misery of many as something normal? As something that is the fruit of the divine will? Faced with the greed and misery with which he had to live constantly in his time, Chrysostom, in a prophetic way, constantly denounces and warns of this reality, when, in his homilies, he speaks directly to those who, according to his point of view, mock God when they approach the altar with pious faces, but with a hypocritical attitude. Addressing this theme in our days is justified by the fact that the current reality does not diverge from the social framework in the time the Antiochene lkived. Because of this, it is fitting today to provoke and call for this theme to become again a theological concern with an impact on the ecclesial sphere.