The parable of the talents is a beautiful story. Each time I read it, I feel very blessed by God. God is a good all the time. He gives us talents according to our ability. The rich man in today’s parable knew the abilities of his...

  “I thought you brought the ....”  Everyone has heard those words at some point. It is the sudden awareness that something important was left behind because everyone involved thought someone else had taken the missing...

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Today is Stewardship Sunday We are stewards. We are servants who are entrusted with the gifts of time, talent and treasure. God has given us our very life and the precious gift of time. He has given us our talents and has helped each one...

  Parents and care givers who send a child off to college or to a different city to live on their own may observe that their child gradually becomes aware of who fed, clean, clothed and housed them in their infant years; who...

  Jesus told many parables. They were stories, not necessarily based on fact, but that communicated an important truth. Jesus used parables to get the attention of the people and to make them think. Jesus even used parables to...

  A wise employer who paid above average wages and provided very good benefits would tell all of his new hires, and remind his existing employees, “If you do your job you get to keep it.” He treated his employees like...

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Today’s gospel is the continuation of what we read last week. Last week, when Jesus asked His apostles who do they that He is ? Peter gave the right answer when he said that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus praise...

 In today’s Gospel passage we hear Jesus use parables to compare the kingdom of God, two about seeds and one that compares yeast mixed with flour. The messages in the parables can be expressed in more modern maxims: “Bloom where...