Matthew 25:14-30: "Master, you had been given five talents, I've won five others, here. "
It is true that the economic situation we know we would do well to show us cautious, putting our assets in a safe place within a safe well protected, rather than risk the stock market. We would rather be well advised to act as the third servant, who went to bury his money for fear of losing .
But the logic of God is the logic of men. God's logic is based on the gift, the generosity and boldness. God trusts us. He has such faith in man, His creature, He entrusted a treasure, but does not give instructions to make it grow. Just like the man in the parable, God gives to each according to his abilities.
This course also recalls the Ascension when Jesus left his disciples, leaving them free and responsible to go and proclaim the Good News to the nations of men disciples. It does not give more guidance précises quant à la façon de bien ou mal agir.
Nous sommes à l'image de Dieu. Nous avons en nous des trésors à partager, à faire fructifier. Et il y a mille et une manières d'y parvenir. Il n'est pas nécessaire de réaliser des prodiges, il n'est question que de confiance, d'audace et de foi.
Etre poltron, faire preuve de timidité, de trop prudence, c'est être semblable au troisième serviteur qui a préféré "sauver" le peu qu'il had received, rather than risk either of losing everything, is to win. This is a lesson here: having the audacity to lose everything can often be rewarded with a larger gain. That smiled in the first two servants.
In our lives, to have heart to be bold servants of the word given to share around us, to take the risk of giving it, because c is how she will bear fruit and it will transform our world.
