THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

READINGS AT MASS TODAY

Prov. 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

Psalm 128

1 Thess 5:1-6

Matt. 25:14-30

Theme: THE SMALL STUFF

Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...

We all want to be great and do great things, touch so many lives and change the world. We just want to jump ahead to the “much”. We do not want to waste our time investing in one talent and dealing with wicked bosses in the menial 'unproductive' jobs. We want to make It big and be “somewhere" and not “here” (our present stage). This mentality makes it very difficult for us to appreciate where we are now and be faithful in the little things. The ambitious eye turns to overstep and overlook the little landposts that leads to true greatness. In an era where many are on a career path, but few seem to be on a character path, our Scripture readings for today stress the simple fact that our apparent trivial faithfulness in the little things of life is preparing us for greater things in God and in the future.

The first reading presents a very simple woman as a model of a good partner in marriage. Per her profession, She is neither rich nor powerful but her reputation proceeds her as far as the city gates because she carries herself well in her simple task (duties) of being a wife, a mother and a hard working woman. Sometimes, just being “a wife” is all that God requires of us. 

Unlike the the third servant who failed woefully,  the first two servants in the Gospel were praise with an ultimate well done by their Master not mainly because of the outcome of their investment but because they were faithful in little things. The little things, my dear friends, are mostly the ultimate tests of our characters. Our ability to handle greater things will be determined by how we handle the one apparently irrelevant talent that we have now. The third servant failed because he could not handle his one talent, his present situation as a servant, and his so called wicked Boss. He was not faithful in little things. 

How are you handling your one talent (of a position, job, a family prayer routine, education, children or a partner)? It does not matter how 1st much or little you were given, but what your character (behavior) towards what you were given is. 

Beloved, God wants you to be faithful right where you are. He wants you right where you are now. Of course, it might not be where you want to be, but it is where you have to be to get to where you want to be. That is God's doing and do not forget, He is watching how you handle yourself in these small, seemingly unpleasant, stuff. That one talent is not a mistake neither the menial job and the wicked Master a purnishment. Always remember this!

PRAYER

Lord, please grant me the grace to recognize and be faithful in the “one talents” you put in my path as a step stone to greatness. Amen.

May God bless you.

-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre

Sunday, November 19, 2020

Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.