Last
Sunday, we heard the parable of the talents from the Gospel of Matthew. Today
we hear a similar message in a parable from the Gospel of Luke. Each
of the 10 servants receives a coin – the equivalent of about 3 months of wages
according to Scripture Scholars. Those
who invest their coin and use what the king gives to them are rewarded, but the
servant who keeps the coin hidden is punished. The
end of the parable says that Jesus continued on his journey to Jerusalem. Jerusalem is where Jesus met his death on the cross, but it is also the place
of resurrection and salvation as well.
Our
parable is about a king – and this Sunday we will celebrate the Solemnity of
Christ the King at the end of our Liturgical Year. And we get ready for the start of Advent as
we prepare for the coming Christmas season. These
past seven days, I have presided over four different funerals as a priest. Some of those parishioners who passed away I
knew very well, while two of them I did not know very well at all. But
we are all children of God and part of the community of faith. We
live out of faith in different ways. We
strive toward perfection, but due to our human failings, we never reach that
perfection, so we ask pardon and forgiveness of God and of our brothers and
sisters. Sometimes life can be very sad. When we
lose a loved one, it is a sad occasion indeed. But
we do our best. And we continue on our
journey. How
are we using the gifts God gives use – today and everyday. Because we just don’t know when our journey
on earth will come to an end.
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