33 sunday- A

33rd Sunday- Year A 

Good evening/morning everyone. One day a Catholic Church was burned down and the priest didn't have a place to say Mass and the local bar owner said, "Father, if you don't mind, you can use my bar to say Mass on Sundays since it's closed on Sundays anyhow. The priest is kind of hesitant and said, "If heard that you have a parrot up there that uses bad language". The owner said, "No way, my parrot is catholic". So, the priest agreed and thus as he went to the bar the next Sunday to say Mass the parrot looked at him and said, "Wow. We have a new bartender". When the altar servers went in. The parrot looked at them and said, "here comes our new waiters." When the parishioners came in. The parrot kind of excited and said, " The same old customers".  

Today's gospel invites us to meditate upon the second coming of Christ our Lord. Christ our Lord as He promised is going to come to take us all up to heaven with us. And those who especially multiplied the talents and gifts that were showered upon us will enter into the kingdom of heaven prepared by the Father.  

The Emperor Alexander the great had three death wishes. He wanted his coffin being carried by physicians and doctors in order to show the world that no one stop death not even physicians. He wanted gold, silver and precious stones being thrown before his coffin till the graveyard to let everyone know that nothing is precious but only what we do for others. He finally wanted his hands dangling from the coffin to show the world that he came into the world empty handed and is going back empty handed. Nothing is permanent. 

Yes, life becomes meaningless without Christ. Everything comes from God and ends in God and God alone. Christ has given us many gifts that should be used for the welfare of others. 

Christ is coming as He promised not to judge us but to reward and honor us. As we multiply the gifts and talents and make this world a better place to live and love, His coming will be a joyful one. 

One day a boy was called to the principal's office. The principal looked at him and said, "Son, you are in big trouble because you cheated on your written test". "No, I didn't". "Yes, you copied off your friend, John". The boy said, "No, John cheated off me". Then the principal looked at him and said, "For example, for the question, what did Mr. Santa do under the tree?" Your friend John wrote, "I don't know and you wrote, "Neither I do". 

Hidden talents and gifts should be discovered and be used properly. Instead of saying, "I don't have any gift, we should know how to use what we have already. 

There is a beautiful story about Martha Berry who had a vision of helping the poor children. She wanted to build a school for them and she did not have any money only a vision. Then she got an appointment with Mr. Ford and told him about her vision. Then he reached out his pocket and took a dime and gave it to her. She was not insulted or felt ridiculed instead she used the dime to buy seeds and sowed them in her garden. After three or four harvests, she got enough money to buy an old building and thus she made her vision came true and then she went to Mr. Ford and told him what she did with the dime. The man was so impressed and donated her more than million dollars for her school. 

We are all given many talents and gifts that can be used to make this world a better place to live and love. So, let us use them effectively. Amen.