Sharing the Word

The call of Jesus for his disciples to be servants includes everyone from the lowest in society to royalty and the privileged. We soon realize that simply being God’s servant is reward in itself.

Faith makes forgiveness possible. When we forgive we offer love to another in spite of the evil the other may have done to us. Seeing good in one who has hurt me requires faith.

There has to be a certain unity of purpose in our lives, a subordination of means to ends. Money is to be used as a means to the spiritual end to which we are called.

The point of today's parable seems to be that our pursuit of the kingdom calls for initiative, effort, exertion. Jesus invites us to make use of the opportunities that are presented to us.

Jesus reaches out to us and invites us to respond to him because he loves us, and because he wants us no matter how insignificant, how unimportant we may be.

The common theme of all the Gospel readings for All Souls Day is that the Lord loves his people and wants them with him forever.