Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 19,11-28
While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately.
So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’
His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading.
The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’
He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’
Then the second came and reported, ‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’
And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’
Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’
He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant;
why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’
And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’
But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.'”
After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.
In life you must yield
1) The kingdom of God: Jesus shows us that the road of life is a process. You have something special, a gift, a grace, that God has placed in your heart to give and to motivate others on their path. Have you identified what your gift is that can help you and others? Do you know? If you do not, start working on identifying it.
2) Must yield: Like I mentioned, you must produce or yield in life not only to eat or gain material things. You have to produce also to help others and do Good. How wonderful it is to see how many people benefit through your service, many will thank you and they will express it. Others will not, but the good thing about giving a hand is seeing what good it produces.
3) Fear: Fear does not let you produce. It does not allow you to risk and go beyond. Fear closes you within you. Today ask the Virgin Mary to overcome this fear that has you trapped and locked within you because it does not allow you to risk and move. Let´s go. With Mary anything can be accomplished.
God bless you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Always remember, heaven is our goal.
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