LIVE IT TODAY: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
I have entrusted you with more than you realize. Do not bury what I’ve placed in you.
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
I have entrusted you with more than you realize. Do not bury what I’ve placed in you.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Luke 19:11–28
While people were listening to Jesus speak,
he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem
and they thought that the Kingdom of God
would appear there immediately.
So he said,
“A nobleman went off to a distant country
to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins
and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’
His fellow citizens, however, despised him
and sent a delegation after him to announce,
‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
But when he returned after obtaining the kingship,
he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money,
to learn what they had gained by trading.
The first came forward and said,
‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’
He replied, ‘Well done, good servant!
You have been faithful in this very small matter;
take charge of ten cities.’
Then the second came and reported,
‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’
And to this servant too he said,
‘You, take charge of five cities.’
Then the other servant came and said,
‘Sir, here is your gold coin;
I kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man;
you take up what you did not lay down
and you harvest what you did not plant.’
He said to him,
‘With your own words I shall condemn you,
you wicked servant.
You knew I was a demanding man,
taking up what I did not lay down
and harvesting what I did not plant;
why did you not put my money in a bank?
Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’
And to those standing by he said,
‘Take the gold coin from him
and give it to the servant who has ten.’
But they said to him,
‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
He replied, ‘I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.
Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king,
bring them here and slay them before me.’”
After he had said this,
he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
Faithfulness is never small
This parable is not about financial return. It is about the heart—how we steward what has been entrusted to us while we wait for the King to return. The word used for “gold coin” is mina, a significant sum in the ancient world, but nothing compared to the value of the spiritual gifts, relationships, responsibilities, and grace placed into our hands. Jesus is exposing something deeper than economics: our response to His trust.
The servants who multiplied the master’s gift reveal a posture of confidence. They assumed his favor, stepped into risk, and lived as if the master’s return was certain. The fearful servant—paralyzed by his distorted image of the master—buries his gift in a handkerchief. In Greek, that word is soudarion, the same word used for burial cloths. Fear always buries what God intends to raise.
Jesus tells this parable “because they thought the Kingdom would appear immediately.” In other words, people wanted instant glory without responsibility, reward without obedience, triumph without transformation. Yet the Kingdom grows through faithfulness in the hidden places—through unseen sacrifices, small acts of love, daily perseverance. The King entrusts His mission to us not to burden us, but to dignify us. Grace always entrusts before it evaluates.
Our own homes are often the clearest testing ground for this parable. Parenting, marriage, family life—all are “minas” given to us. Not to bury. Not to outsource. Not to postpone. Each child placed into your arms, each challenge within your marriage, each opportunity for reconciliation, encouragement, prayer, or correction is a divine investment meant to bear fruit.
Many Catholics today unknowingly imitate the fearful servant. We hide our gifts, minimize our influence, assume God is hard, or believe our efforts don’t matter. But Jesus reveals the opposite: every act of faith, every offering of time, every moment of prayerful courage expands your spiritual “cities.” In the economy of heaven, nothing given in love is small.
Parents, you are entrusted with more than you think. Tonight, pray over your spouse and children by name—calling forth the Holy Spirit to awaken their gifts, break the grip of fear, and multiply grace within your home. This is how your family becomes a faithful steward of the Kingdom, ready for the King’s return.
“‘The home is the first school of Christian life.’” (CCC 1657)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
What’s in Your Handkerchief?
What gift, responsibility, or opportunity have you been tempted to “bury” out of fear, discouragement, or comparison?
Multiplying Grace:
Where is Jesus inviting you to take one small, courageous step that could bear greater fruit over time?
Your Kingdom Assignment:
What part of your home, work, or relationships is Jesus entrusting to you anew today?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, each person shares one gift, talent, or area of responsibility they believe God has entrusted to them.
Pray over each person by name: Lord Jesus, stir up the gifts You have planted in ___. Break every fear that buries what You intend to multiply. Fill them with courage, clarity, creativity, and the joy of serving You with all they have been given.
Daily Challenge: Choose one simple act of kindness that “multiplies good” in your home today—an intentional act that encourages, strengthens, or blesses someone in a concrete way.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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