for us, or for everyone?” And the Lord replied, “Imagine, then, the wise and faithful steward whom the master sets over his other servants
to give them food rations at the proper time. Fortunate is this servant if his master on coming home finds him doing his work. Truly, I say to you, the master
will put him in charge of all his property. But it may be that the steward thinks: ‘My Lord delays in coming,’ and he begins to abuse the menservants and the
servant girls, eating and drinking and getting drunk. Then the master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he doesn’t know. He will cut
him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful. The servant who knew his master’s will, but did not prepare to do what his master wanted, will be punished
with sound blows; but the one who did what deserved a punishment without knowing it shall receive fewer blows. Much will be required of the one who has been
given much, and more will be asked of the one who has been entrusted with more.

Reflection

The gospel passage today speaks about
waiting. This is something difficult for us today. Our
present culture with all its instant things, from food
to information and the likes, makes the experience
of waiting as something negative. The new generation
is an impatient generation. Even their attention span is
getting shorter. For the gospel today however, this is good
common sense. Waiting is a creative moment especially
if we enter freely into it. When we wait for others we
give them the space to be themselves. We pay them
the respect of letting them exercise their creativity
without our interference. And we do it not with indifference
or grudgingly but with love. In this way, we can walk
together in solidarity and mutual enrichment. May we
use wisely the space given to us so that we will be worthy
of the trust given us when we are left alone to manage our
time usefully.