[ Today's Readings ]
Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.
This is us. We are the people entrusted with much. We are the people to whom "the mystery hidden from ages past in God who created all things" is made known. Through the Church we have access to "the manifold wisdom of God." Even the principalities and authorities in the heavens have to access this wisdom through the Church just as we do.
This is not meant to make us afraid. In fact, it is meant to give us boldness of speech and confidence of our access to God through faith. Jesus tells us that we must be prepared. He does not do this to scare us. He does it so that we will in fact prepare. He himself gives us the strength and grace to do so. If he wants us to distribute the food allowance at the proper time it is because he himself gives us that allowance to distribute. The only risk is thinking like the servant who begins to forget his master is coming.
'My master is delayed in coming,'
and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
to eat and drink and get drunk,
We have been given the "inscrutable riches of Christ". These riches are meant for everyone, Jew and Gentile. We are given them to share. And the riches themselves give us the power, the boldness of speech, and the confidence of access, to enable us to do so.
Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;
let this be known throughout all the earth.
Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,
for great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel!
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