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“You too must stand ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Luke 12:39-48
The gospel today is a sobering reality of sacred stewardship. Recently, I’ve read Pope John Paul’s letter to artists. Everyone should read it at least once! It is a reminder of the privilege and responsibility we all have to participate in God’s ongoing creation. We are not owners but managers of what has been entrusted to us.
The faithful steward distributes at the proper time, he practices virtues like humility, wisdom, and true charity, he is always ready for his master’s return. When we forget God’s presence, we tend to think he is delayed and begin to live our lives as if our gifts belong to us. Compassion turns to competition, creation to consumption and stewardship to control. We bring harm to others and are no longer co-creating with God.
God’s patience is not permission to be presumptuous. Today’s gospel should call us back humbly to His mercy and truth. The more we understand this the more we are expected to live by it.
