Canticle For the King

James Tissot's Get Thee Behind Me Satan

                                    I have been practicing Lectio Divina (prayerful reading and meditation on Scripture) long enough to know that the Holy Spirit always has something to teach me. However, what He teaches me is not always what I expect or what I think I need to be taught. Today's Gospel passage on the Parable of the Talents proved those two points perfectly, especially the second one. The usual lesson I receive from this passage still came through~ don't waste your God given gifts and that those gifts should return to God showing some growth in holiness. To make sure I heard Him, the Holy Spirit reinforced that point with this verse: "...at my coming, I should have received my own with interest." (Matt 25:27) Now I have to admit that this parable always makes me squirm in my pew a little. Am I using all that God has given me and earning Him interest in my holiness as well?  In my case, there is always room for improvement! But the lesson w