INVESTING OR IGNORING?
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Lord was drawing near Jerusalem. The city was abuzz with the quickly
spreading news. The King was drawing nigh, and both excitement and its
opposite were on the rise. There were those who welcomed the news, as
they showed on the day of his triumphant entry to the holy city by
spreading their cloaks and waving their palm fronds.
But not everyone was happy — then and now. We see the likes of them
everywhere. Haters and naysayers abound, and despite the Wonder Worker’s
fame and popularity, not everyone was impressed. Even now, there are
people who reject Him who came “in the name of the Lord.”
Those who accept Him put what they receive to work. They invest the
capital from the Lord and make it grow and produce more. Matthew Kelly
calls them “dynamic Catholics.” They are highly engaged and are deeply
involved in advancing the cause of the Church, by investing their time,
talent and treasure for God and His dream for the world. They are
actively engaged in the work of evangelization, the exact antithesis of
those who actively negate what the Church does and see nothing but
negativity or accord nothing good to the Church and all She does for the
world.
There are, however, those who may not fit the category of haters and
naysayers, but who do not welcome all the same the coming of the King.
They do this in a variety of ways, including simply not doing anything,
not cooperating, not supporting, or not putting to work the capital
given. “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 man;
you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not
plant.”
Dynamic Catholics are those who are engaged actively in building up the
Church. Haters and naysayers are those who are passionately involved in
discrediting her. But there, too, are those who quietly and simply do
not do anything other than hoard what they have freely been given.
Which category do you belong to? Fr. Chito Dimaranan, SDB
REFLECTION QUESTION: How are you using your God-given talents in advancing the Kingdom of God?
Thank You for the gifts You have given me, Lord. May I learn to use them for Your greater glory.
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