33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Multiplying your Faith

I am going to date myself but I think it really will help the Gospel story hit home.

When I was a kid, I used to collect soda bottles and turn them in for money.

I got 2 cents for a 12oz bottle and if I got lucky and found a 16oz bottle I got 3 cents.

Now that may not sound like much but soon I had multiplied what I made and had enough money for candy.

Then as we all get older we increase what we made.

Some made thousands and others made millions!

Jesus however does not want us to multiply our money.

He wants us to multiply our Faith!

We come to church every week and Jesus gives us our talents for the week.

And what have we done with them?

He gives us His Words in the Scriptures and His Body and Blood in the Eucharist

And when we leave church what do we do with the talents, with the gifts we have received?

Have we multiplied them or buried them?

If we have buried them,

No wonder the world is in the shape it is in.

God gives us Faith, Hope and Love;

How have we multiplied these gifts?

In our family, our city, our church?

Just imagine if we increased our love what our families would look like.

Or doubled our Hope, there would be less despair in the world and in our hearts.

Or if we tripled our Faith, people would notice and follow us to church and the pews would be filled.

God gives these gifts to everyone regardless of how old we are or what we do in life.

But if all we do is bury what we God gives us here on earth.

We will lose out on the riches of Heaven.