First Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:9–11
St. Paul said, “Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more.”
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98
Echoes, “The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.”
Alleluia: John 13:34
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
“I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you.”
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 25:14–30
And Jesus said in the parable, the master scolded the last servant saying, “You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return? Now then, take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten. For everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
Reflection
Today’s Gospel reminds us of the parable of the talents and the stern rebuke given to the servant who buried what was entrusted to him. It is a difficult passage, because it holds a mirror to our own lives.
Many of us look at what we lack and wonder why God did not give us more, more resources, more talents, more opportunities. Yet the truth is that whatever we have is precisely what God deemed sufficient for us. He entrusts us with these gifts not to compare them to others, but to use them faithfully.
The first two servants multiplied what they were given, no matter how much or how little. The third servant, out of fear or resentment, did nothing, and it was that refusal to try that brought judgment.
So the question for us is not, why don’t I have what others have? but rather, what am I doing with what God has given me? If we trust His wisdom and labor with love, He will multiply even the smallest seed.
Let us ask for the grace to see our gifts clearly, to use them generously, and to never bury them in fear or comparison.
God bless you, and have a wonderful day.
-Pal Ronnie-
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