Work to make Heaven-SERMON/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 21ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023
Work to make Heaven-SERMON/HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 21ST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 2ND SEPTEMBER 2023 1Thess.4:9-11; Ps.98; Matthew 25:14-30 Work to make Heaven Someone once said that there are two categories of people who cannot make heaven: those who cannot love and those who cannot work. In today’s first reading, St. Paul told the Thessalonians that working is a way of loving because, when we work, we give commitment to what we do and become productive but when we do not work, we become burdens to others and gossipers too. The book of Genesis opens with God at work; this shows that one of first things God wants us to know about him is that he works. So, if we must be like God and belong to him, we too must work. In the gospel, Jesus tells a parable about a man who entrusted different quantity of talents to his servants. I find this very striking! The master entrusted ALL servants with talents. Talents here are abilities which become productive and fruitful when put into use. God has n...