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.
No comments:
Post a Comment