33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 25: 14-30

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🗓️ 18 November 2023

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Matt 25: 14-30 - 'You have been faithful in small things: come and join in your master's happiness.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 546 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching. Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything. Words are not enough, deeds are required. The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or good earth for the word?What use has he made of the talents he has received? (abbreviated).

- 1936 (in 'Equality and Differences among men') - On coming into the world, man is not equipped with everything he needs for developing his bodily and spiritual life. He needs others. Differences appear tied to age, physical abilities, intellectual or moral aptitudes, the benefits derived from social commerce, and the distribution of wealth. The "talents" are not distributed equally.

- 1029 (in 'Heaven') - In the glory of heaven the blessed continue joyfully to fulfill God's will in relation to other men and to all creation. Already they reign with Christ; with him "they shall reign for ever and ever."

- 1720 (in 'Christian Beatitude') - The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: the coming of the Kingdom of God, the vision of God, entering into the joy of the Lord, entering into God's rest."

- 2683 (in 'A Cloud of Witnesses') - The witnesses who have preceded us into the kingdom, especially those whom the Church recognizes as saints, share in the living tradition of prayer by the example of their lives, the transmission of their writings, and their prayer today. They contemplate God, praise him and constantly care for those whom they have left on earth. When they entered into the joy of their Master, they were "put in charge of many things." Their intercession is their most exalted service to God's plan. We can and should ask them to intercede for us and for the whole world.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Logical Bible Study podcast. Our goal in this podcast is to do a proper
0:17.6	verse by verse exegesis of the scriptures, really diving into today's gospel
0:22.7	reading. And our aim here is to help you understand what it means in its original context.
0:27.6	So we're trying to strip away all those spiritual meanings you will sometimes hear people give,
0:32.7	sometimes in sermons as well. And we're just here to get the literal sense of scripture.
0:37.3	What does it mean on the most fundamental level, which is where the Catholic Church says we have
0:41.7	to start?
0:42.7	Today we have a longer reading, so let's get into it.
0:45.0	It's Matthew chapter 25, verses 14 to 30.
0:50.6	Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples.
0:54.0	The kingdom of heaven is like a man on his way abroad, who some Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples.
0:57.3	The kingdom of heaven is like a man on his way abroad,
1:01.1	who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.
1:05.2	To one he gave five talents, to another two.
1:10.2	To a third, one talent, each in proportion to his ability.
1:12.3	Then he set out.
1:19.4	The man who received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.
1:24.5	The man who had received two made two more in the same way.
1:29.1	But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back
1:36.4	and went through his accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents came forward,
1:42.8	bringing five more. Sir, he said, you entrusted me with five talents came forward, bringing five more.
1:45.0	Sir, he said, you entrusted me with five talents.
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