Carmelite homily for Lectionary 499 | Wednesday, November 20, 2019
In today’s Gospel we have the retelling of the coin parable. This is in Luke’s Gospel where each servant is given one coin and when the master returns they present the one coin. And the first says, “I’ve earned ten,” and the second says, “I’ve earned five,” and the third says, “I’ve buried it and put it in a handkerchief.” It doesn’t matter what coins you get because, I think Saint Teresa of Avila tells us, “Never cease to believe that even in this life God gives the hundredfold.” If we work with God, no matter what coins we get – one or ten – even in this life God gives the hundredfold.