Stewardship :: Talents

In the parable of the Talents the Master of the house gave different talents to each servant. Those talents were gifts from God. The first two servants used those talents wisely and made them grow. The Master was pleased and gave them more talents. The third servant hoarded his talents and did not use them, nor did he make them grow, so they were taken away from him. The lesson is clear. Use your talents or lose them.

Each of us has varied talents. As an example "The ability to smile" is a talent. If that smile is hoarded and not used, that ability will be taken away. When you smile the inner essence of your soul is visible to others. That ability to smile through whatever comes your way will help others learn to cope with the trials in their life. To share that smile with another human being is being a good steward of the smile talent that was freely given to us by God. A smile can be used in many ways. A smile can show love, it can show pleasure, it can show agreement, it can show caring, but most of all it can show the compassion of God.

There are many talents that we possess. The stewardship of talent calls us to search out those talents, nurture them, and help them to grow, and then share them with other human beings. Our first and greatest commandment is to "To love our God with our whole heart, our whole soul and our whole mind." We do that by using our God given talents for the benefit of others, and doing that brings us directly to our second greatest commandment, "To love our neighbor, as we love ourselves."

The Stewardship of Talents shows us the way to a Spiritual life, a oneness with God through reaching out to another human being. So, the Spirituality of Giving through the Stewardship of Talent is a part of the open secret of living a spiritual life.

Please contact our parish office at 781-585-6679 or use our online form if you would like to volunteer your talent to St. Joseph parish.