Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time | Proverbs 31 | Matthew 25:14-30
A man going on a journey hands out his property: five to one servant, two to another, one to the third. The first two go to work. The third digs a hole and buries what he was given.
When the master returns, he says the very same words to the five and to the two: well done, good and faithful servant.
The third servant has a speech ready. It is about being afraid.
Proverbs 31 pictures a woman whose hands are never idle, and it is a good companion to the parable.
Today in & Altar:
Hearth is asking each person to name a talent and one way to use it this week.
Iron is asking you to name a gift you buried out of fear, and to put it to work.
Vessel asks the same question gently, for the gift you were never sure you were allowed to use.
Eventide closes the thread of what has been entrusted this month with an honest stock-taking, and asks you to name one talent used well.
Young Disciples asks you to tell someone one thing you're good at, and to ask for help using it.
Ostium asks what you have been preserving out of caution instead of putting to use.
The parable does not end where the master walks in.