Hopefully, you had a blessed week<\/p>\n
A story is told about a tourist in the Holy Land who wanted to have his picture taken on top of a camel. \u201cIt\u2019s free,\u201d said the camel owner, and up the tourist went with glee. But when the tourist wanted to get down, the camel owner said, \u201cThat will be $2.\u201d \u201cBut you said it\u2019s free!\u201d the tourist remonstrated. \u201cYes, riding on the camel is free, but getting down from the camel, that\u2019s $2 you have to pay,\u201d said the camel owner. Now, that\u2019s what I\u2019d call talent of the first degree!<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s Gospel Jesus talks about the parable of the talents, with the admonition that we be faithful and responsible in handling the talents that God has given us. We all have received a lot of different gifts and talents, but we all have received at least one of the same talents\u2014that talent is the gift of faith. Our responsibility as men and women of faith is not just to preserve and \u201ckeep\u201d the faith. We need to trade with it. We need to \u201csell\u201d it to the men and women of our times. We need to promote and add value to faith. We need to unleash that gift even during this difficult time that we have been living these days. This is a venture that brings with it much risk and inconvenience. But, unless we do this, we stand in danger of losing the faith just as the third servant lost his talent. The way to preserve the faith, or any other talent that God has given us, is to put it to work and make it bear fruit. How are you going to put your faith to work this upcoming week???<\/p>\n
With prayers for you and your family.<\/p>\n
Fr. Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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