Zechariah 7:8-8:8
Psalm 40, 54
Revelations 5:16-14
Matthew 25: 14-30
Today’s Gospel is Matthew’s account of the servants who are entrusted with money while the master is away. To one is given 5 talents, one is given 2 talents, and one is given one talent. The first two invest their talents and are rewarded by their master on his return. The third buries his in the ground and is turned away by the master. We know that a talent in this context is a unit of money. But to us, a talent is also a skill, something we are good at. Advent is a good time to ask ourselves if we are investing our talents to God’s greater glory, at church, or at work, or at whatever we are doing. I don’t think I am burying mine in the ground, but I’m not getting a hundred-fold return on my investment either. How can any of us increase the value of our talents?
Susan Bowen