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Gospel Reading for November 19, 2025 – Luke 19: 11-28
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
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 man; 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 man, 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.’ He replied, ‘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.
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In places of work, there are employees who have attitudes that are similar to that of the wicked servant. Instead of concentrating on our work, we compare our salaries or benefits with that of other employees. When we discover that we are receiving less, instead of doing our very best, we tend to render inferior work, thinking that our employer does not deserve good work from us and should just expect good work from those receiving more. When we have this kind of attitude, it isn’t just the employer who loses but we ourselves. We put to waste our God-given gifts/capabilities and we will never be the best. If we think we are better than the others and should receive more, or even hope for a promotion, it will never happen. This is because it is up to us to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
We are all born with God-given talents/capabilities which need to be discovered and honed while growing up. If parents try to discover what talents/capabilities their children received from God, and then hone them while growing up, it will not be difficult for the children to choose their vocation in the future, and through their own choice become truly fruitful and meaningful gifts to the world. Parents can MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!
Lord, teach us to be your faithful servants using the gifts/capabilities you have given us!
