Our Gospel reading for tomorrow is about servants and their state of readiness for an audit when the boss comes back to review his profits on the investments he entrusted to them (Matthew 25:14-30).
This is often referred to as "The Parable of the talents." Some of the servants had invested wisely and one had not invested at all, even though he knew there would be a day of reckoning. Trouble is, when it was too late, it was too late. The moral to this story: drink from the well before it runs dry, or . . . sometimes it is too late to cram for finals.
One of our prayers for tomorrow's worship service sums up one way in which we can prepare and enjoy our journey of faith without cramming for finals:
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ: who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. [The Book of Common Prayer, 236]
In peace,
Linda+
The Rev. Linda McCloud
Vicar, Holy Cross Church Episcopal
Billings, MT
406-208-7314
www.holycrosschurchbillings.org
Photo: Mary's Well
in the Greek Orthodox Church
Nazareth, Israel, August 2004
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