We each have a task, like the servants in the parable. When the Lord returns, He will call each of us to give an account of what we have done. The faithful will be rewarded; the lax will be punished. So, we must be diligent in fulfilling the task that the Lord has given to us: to proclaim the Gospel of Life.
Read MoreWe often hear that wealth, power, and pleasure are the things that we should strive for; that our happiness, our true joy, is found in them. Today’s readings tell us the very opposite. “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Power, riches, and pleasure are transitory in nature; they will pass away with time.
Read MorePope Francis called on the faithful to “say ‘Yes’ to the God who is love, life and freedom, and who never disappoints”.
Indeed, this is what St. Paul writes about in the Second Reading, “And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He brought you to life along with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions.”
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