Putting Our Gifts into Good Use (Saturday, Week 31, Year 2)

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A slave is supposed to be completely loyal and submissive to the master. He does the bidding of the master without raising any objection. Jesus tells us in the gospel (cf. Luke 1:9-15) that we can’t be slaves to both God and money. It is not just possible. It is either you hate one or love the other. From what is happening in the world today even in the Christendom, we can tell who the master is. People are ready to do anything in the name of money even to the point of endangering their lives just because of money. 

Money is a wonderful thing. We need money for our survival. Somebody wrote that money is like a fire: just like fire, money is an excellent servant but a terrible master. When you want to know the true character of someone, give the person money or power. Life is not only tragic for those who don’t have money; it is much more tragic for those who have plenty of money to live on, but nothing to live for. 

What is our attitude towards money? We must use money to secure eternity for ourselves by giving generously to those who don’t have: to the poor and needy. This is what the Christians of Philippi did for St Paul that made him rejoice in the Lord greatly for the Philippians revived his concern when he was in need (cf. Phil. 4:10-19). He was not a burden to them for he learnt how to live in abundance and poverty. But when it behooved them to help, they offered him gifts and material assistance. This is what is expected of us: using whatever we have received from God to lessen the burdens of others. Not only our money but also our endowments: intelligence, talents, our presence, and so on.




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  1. Unknown7 November 2020 at 11:48

    May God help us use our talents for the good of others😊🙏

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