1st Reading:Prov31: 10-13,19-20,30-31
We are presented with the portrait of the ideal wife who is faithful, creative, charitable and kind. Her value is far beyond pearls.

2nd Reading: 1 Thes 5:1-6
St. Paul cautions the Thessalonians to be awake and sober since nobody knows the day or hour of the Lord’s coming.

Gospel: Mt 25:14-30
The parable of the Talents is a challenge to use our gifts and opportunities to achieve the good that God expects from us. The worst option is to bury our talent and make no use of it.

Reflection
God as a loving Father has endowed us his children with beautiful and wonderful gifts. We are called to develop these gifts, big or small without comparing them enviously with what others have received. God give according to our abilities. Despite our tendencies always to compare ourselves with others, the actual number and quality is not important. We are only asked to make full use of what we have been uniquely given and to use them for the benefit of the community as a whole. When everyone does that the community is enriched