Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Cycle A

Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
1 Thes 5:1-6
Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21

We all have talents, the use of which will be judged at the end of time. In preaching about the use of our talents in a fruitful way, we can preach about the wide variety of talents that are applied to the effort to defend and promote the sacredness of human life. A wide variety of activities comprise the pro-life movement. People provide alternatives to abortion, legal advice, counseling, medical services, adoption services, employment searches, housing, education and the many other services of pregnancy help centers accessed through hotline numbers and websites. There is also the wide range of healing ministries for those who have had abortions. Moreover, the pro-life effort is advanced through research, medical expertise, litigation, lobbying, media work, writing, speaking, grassroots activism, and much more. In short, there is room for everyone in the movement. The greatest fruit of our talents would be to be able to present to the Lord the lives saved through our efforts.