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Quote/s of the Day – 16 May – “What dost thou have that thou hast not received?”

Quote/s of the Day – 16 May – Sirach 44:16-17.22-23:45,3.7.15 – Matthew 25,14-23 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

And he who had received the five talents
went and traded with them,
and gained five more.

Matthew 25:16

Well done, good and faithful servant
… Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Matthew 25:23

The parable of the talents is about
all those who, instead of providing assistance
to their brethren with their goods,
their advice or, in some other way,
live only for themselves …
Jesus wants to show us, our Lord’s long patience
in this parable but, He also alludes, it seems to me,
to the final resurrection …
In the first place, the servants who give
an account of their dealings unequivocally acknowledge that which comes from their Master’s gift
and, that which is the fruit of their stewardship.
Someone who, for the sake of the other,
has received the grace of word and teaching
but does not put it to use, will have this grace taken away. But someone, who uses wisely and zealously,
the grace received, will receive
an even more abundant grace
!”

St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father & Doctor of the Church

What dost thou have that thou hast not received?

St Paul – 1 Corinthians 4:7

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Quote/s of the Day – 4 February – Bearing fruit with those talents

Quote/s of the Day – 4 February – The Parable of the Talents

And he who had received the five talents
went and traded with them,
and gained five more.

Matthew 25:16

I have chosen you
and have appointed you,
that you should go
and should bring forth fruit
and your fruit should remain,
says the Lord.

John 15:16

What dost thou have that thou hast not received?

St Paul – 1 Corinthians 4:7

Watch me, O Lord, this day –
for, abandoned to myself,
I shall surely betray Thee
!”

St Philip Neri (1515-1595)

As a general rule, God gives us
three kinds of talents.
There are – (1) material, like health or riches;
(2) intellectual and moral, such
as intelligence, personality and ability;
and (3) supernatural, like Divine grace,
a vocation, or extraordinary powers.
God lavishly distributes all these talens
to whomsoever He pleases
and in accordance with His own hidden dessigns.
We have no right,, therefore, to envy
the talents of others, nor,
to be discontented with our own.
… If we cheerfully accept and offer to God,
our lack of certain talents,
we can gain great merit in His eyes.

Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)