Monday, November 20, 2017

Designed to be shared (Bishop Robert Barron)

   The talents given to the three servants are not so much monetary gifts or personal capacities; they are a share in the mercy of God, a participation in the weightiness of the divine love.  But since mercy is always directed to the other, these talents are designed to be shared.  In point of fact, they will increase precisely in the measure that they are given away.

   The divine mercy – received as pure gift – is meant to be given to others as a pure gift.  Buried in the ground, that is to say, hugged tightly to oneself as one’s own possession, such a talent necessarily evanesces…  The divine mercy will grow in you only in as much as you give it to others.  When we try to cling to it as a possession, it disappears.
--Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire

To read Bishop Barron’s complete article, click here.

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