Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time A,MT 25,14-30

The parable of the talents speaks of all the great values ​​of the gifts we each received relating (to) God’s goodness and determination. In His wisdom and love, God has given us various skills necessary for our lives. We must provide the gifts to the Donor once. Still, before that, we are obliged to treat them in a way that we not only return them all but to return them appropriately multiplied by our involvement, our work, our conscious and voluntary activities. God distributes gifts in His righteousness. God will not ask the impossible from the gifted. However, every advantage must be used. As God has given an appropriate number of gifts, He will also provide a just reward.
Jesus likened gifts from God to talents so that listeners could better understand the greatness of gifts. The talent was the largest monetary unit in Asia Minor. To create a correct picture of the value of talent, remember that Jewish talent was divided into 30 mines or 3,000 shekels. One mine weighed about 436 g of silver, shekel 8.4 g. It took about 15 years to work for one mine. The talent was equal to 26 kg of silver, which meant for the average Jew an asset practically unattainable. For today’s situation, one talent would be worth $ 70,000. It’s big money, and it’s a big responsibility. Jesus is not concerned with financial transactions, but with charisms. God endows and gives to everyone with love. All the recipients are looking forward to it. They do not envy the number because everyone got as much as is best for him. God calls for responsible work by giving God gifts, a conscious approach to the duties and tasks to which the gift commits him. Multiplying talent is a matter of human effort. With every gift, God fills a person with reasonable happiness. If a person handles gifts responsibly, he gains even greater inner happiness. This is expressed in the words of Jesus: “For to every one that hath, he shall yet be joined, and hath abundantly” (MT 25:29). At the same time, it is a memento that he who does not cooperate, who does not adequately deal with gifts, becomes a witness to Jesus’ words: And he who does not have, whatever he has, will be taken” (Mt 25:29).
This means that whoever received more will be required to do so by law, and if the expectation is not met, a stricter punishment will come.

The parable of talents does not exclude anyone from God’s love. Everyone gets talents. What the recipient must not forget is appropriate work with talents. God gives and rightly demands commitment from a man. We, believers, realize that we are endowed with many. How did people get health, beauty, family, different dexterity, skill, talents, and – how have we dealt with them so far? Many causes diseases themselves, others negligently lost their beauty, did not develop additional dexterity, skill, or talents because they embarked on an easier way of life, mastered laziness, comfort, became calculating, and yet so little was enough – and they could reap—achievements, honor, recognition, fame.
When asked Edison, to whom he owes his discoveries, inventions, he replied, “One percent of talent and ninety percent of hard work.” Similarly, the inventor of the anti-rabies drug or the discoverer of pasteurization, Luis Pasteur, said.

As Christians, we have received gifts in the sacraments, baptism, confirmation, atonement, the Eucharist, marriage, and the priesthood. We must not only turn our attention to them with rights, but we also have responsibilities. It is not enough to accept baptism, but at baptism, we also get the duty to keep the Ten Commandments, to fulfill religious orders.

The world admires John XXIII, who amazed his surroundings with his moral, human, and theological principles. Anyone who has read his Soul Diary knows that he developed the values ​​he possessed gradually, slowly, from his student years to death as a pope, working again and again on himself as a man and cooperating with the graces of God.

Talent is not only a gift but also a role, an obligation. He who works conscientiously on something does not regret the effort, does not look at the time spent, disagrees, but moves forward as appropriately as possible. If we didn’t have people like that, where would humanity be today? What would we admire? How strenuous, difficult, unpleasant our lives would be. The world is grateful to these discoverers, scientists, artists, educators, parents, and all of them have already received a reward from God for their cooperation with God in realizing their talents.
But let’s remember others as well. God had a plan with them and remained unfulfilled. Why? For a comfortable life for parents. Before he could develop what God wanted to give him through his parents, his parents took his life. Humanity, where you could be today! At what level of art, science…

Although today’s gospel does not directly say “protect yourself from sin,” we realize that every neglect of goodness, every refusal to cooperate with God, and every hidden talent carry God’s wrath: 29). St. Augustine realized the principle: “The God who created you without you will not save you without you, without your cooperation.” Talent requires not only natural, physical work but also spiritual and mental commitment. Jesus, in the parable, is about our cooperation. It is right that we do not want to be like a servant who buried talent and returned it as he received the parable of the talents speaks of all the great values ​​of the gifts that we each received the goodness and determination of God proportionally. In His wisdom and love, God has given us various gifts necessary for our lives. We must give benefits to the Donor once. Still, before that, we are obliged to treat them in such a way that we not only return them all but to return them appropriately multiplied by our personal involvement, our work, our conscious and voluntary activities. God distributes gifts in His righteousness. God will not ask the impossible from the gifted. However, every gift must be used. As God has given an appropriate number of gifts, He will also give a just reward.
Jesus likened gifts from God to talents so that listeners could better understand the greatness of gifts. The talent was the largest financial unit in Asia Minor. To create a correct picture of the value of talent, remember that Jewish talent was divided into 30 mines or 3,000 shekels. One mine weighed about 436 g of silver, shekel 8.4 g. It took about 15 years to work for one mine. The talent was equal to 26 kg of silver, which meant for the average Jew an asset practically unattainable. For today’s situation, one talent would be worth $ 70,000. It’s big money, and it’s a big responsibility. Jesus is not concerned with financial transactions, but with charisms. God endows and gives to everyone with love. All the recipients are looking forward to it. They do not envy the number because everyone got as much as is best for him. God calls for responsible work by God gifts, a conscious approach to the duties and tasks to which the gift commits him. Multiplying talent is a matter of human effort. With every gift, God fills a person with reasonable happiness. If a person handles gifts responsibly, he gains even greater inner happiness. This is expressed in the words of Jesus: “For to every one that hath, he shall yet be joined, and hath abundantly” (Mt 25:29). At the same time, it is a memento that he who does not cooperate, who does not adequately deal with gifts, becomes a witness to Jesus’ words: And he who does not have, whatever he has, will be taken” (Mt 25:29).
This means that whoever received more will be required to do so by law, and if the expectation is not met, a stricter punishment will come.

The parable of talents does not exclude anyone from God’s love. Everyone gets talents. What the recipient must not forget is appropriate work with talents. God gives and rightly demands commitment from a man. We, believers, realize that we are endowed with many. How did people get health, beauty, family, different dexterity, skill, talents, and – how have we dealt with them so far? Many caused diseases themselves, others negligently lost their beauty, did not develop additional dexterity, skill, or talents because they embarked on an easier way of life, mastered laziness, comfort, became calculating, and yet so little was enough – and they could reap—achievements, honor, recognition, fame.
When asked Edison, to whom he owes his discoveries, inventions, he replied, “One percent of talent and ninety percent of hard work.” Similarly, the inventor of the anti-rabies drug or the discoverer of pasteurization, Luis Pasteur, said.

As Christians, we have received gifts in the sacraments, baptism, confirmation, atonement, the Eucharist, marriage, and the priesthood. We must not only turn our attention to them with rights, but we also have responsibilities. It is not enough to accept baptism, but at baptism, we also accept the duty to keep the Ten Commandments, to fulfill ecclesiastical orders…

The world admires John XXIII, who amazed his surroundings with his moral, human, and theological principles. Anyone who has read his Soul Diary knows that he developed the values ​​he possessed gradually, slowly, from his student years to death as a pope, working again and again on himself as a man and cooperating with the graces of God.

Talent is not only a gift but also a role, an obligation. He who works conscientiously on something does not regret the effort, does not look at the time spent, disagrees, but moves forward as appropriately as possible. If we didn’t have people like that, where would humanity be today? What would we admire? How strenuous, difficult, unpleasant our lives would be… The world is grateful to these discoverers, scientists, artists, educators, parents, and all of them have already received a reward from God for their cooperation with God in realizing their talents.
But let’s remember others as well. God had a plan with them and remained unfulfilled. Why? For a comfortable life for parents. Before he could develop what God wanted to give him through his parents, his parents took his life. Humanity, where you could be today! At what level of art, science…

Although today’s gospel does not directly say “protect yourself from sin,” we realize that every neglect of goodness, every refusal to cooperate with God, and every hidden talent carry God’s wrath: 29). St. Augustine realized the principle: “The God who created you without you will not save you without you, without your cooperation.” Talent requires not only natural, physical work but also spiritual and mental commitment. Jesus, in the parable, is about our cooperation. It is right that we do not want to be like a servant who buried talent and returned it as he received it t

It is not enough to return. When God desires more, we are obliged to fulfill the task we have been entrusted with. The rightful dishonest servant deserved not only a statement but also the following: “Throw the servant out into the darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (MT 25:30).
Each of us is facing trial. We know that God is a just Judge. It is our duty to meet God’s expectations. We know our rights, but also our obligations.
With the new millennium, various surveys are being conducted. One said, “What would you write in a letter to your great-grandchildren if they had opened the letter in the years you are now?” He replied, “I have done everything to avoid being ashamed of me.”
This man does not have to be afraid of God, the Judge. He lives as God expects of him.
John XXIII was once approached, to which he attributes his successes. In the humility of his heart, he smiled and said of the dream he had as a boy. He once wondered what vocation to choose to serve humanity. In the dream, he heard, “Look at the ground, what do you see there?” On the ground, he saw the ants working hard and faithful to their plan from morning tonight. Pope John XXIII adhered to this advice. He worked faithfully and tirelessly in the service of his heavenly Father until the end. The Church desires to have this brother on the altar. Why? Because we see on it the executed words of the Lord Jesus: “For to every one that hath, he shall yet be joined, and shall have abundance” (MT 25:29).

We use the end of the church year correctly when we respond to the gospel of talents with our faithfulness and responsibility to the gifts of God because we will account to God for everything in our life.