Gifts and Talents

Our readings for this weekend ask us to live a stewardship way of life. More times than none when you talk about stewardship the thought of money always comes up. The gospel for this 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time has Jesus offering a parable about talents or money (Matt. 25:14-30). However, we have to think in larger terms because it is more than just money and possessions, it is about our faith and the generosity of God. We thank God for the material resources that we have because they are truly gifts from Him, but we know that we came into the world with nothing and we will leave the world with nothing. All the money and posssessions that we have are just material items. What lasts is the faith that we live and how we share our gifts and talents with others. We need to do this in the time that we have been given. Saint Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians (5:1-6) says that we are children of the light and we need to always be sober and alert. Again, it is preparing us for the day and hour that we know not. Only God knows the day and hour of His Son's return or the hour of our death. We need to do what we can to live our lives and our faith to the fullest. God is very generous with us! His love is unconditional and these are gifts that we need to live each day. We thank God for the gifts and talents that we have received and now we have to live them, instead of burying them. We need to give back to God what He has given to us! Have a blessed weekend!!!