Sunday, November 19, 2023

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Using Your Gifts (A) 157

Key Passage

[The servant said,] "Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents." His master said to him, "Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master." (Matthew 25:20b–21)

Questions

Adults: What gift have you not developed as you had hoped? What could you still do?

Children: What gift has God given you? What do you want to do with it?

Readings

First Reading • The Ideal Wife

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Psalm

Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Second Reading • The Need for Preparation

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Gospel • Parable of the Silver Pieces

Matthew 25:14-30 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Related activities & tools

All-in-One Bible Fun series: Fruit of the Spirit: 13 Lessons for Busy Teachers - Preschool
- Responsibility • p.130 • Mt 25:14-30
All-in-One Bible Fun series: Fruit of the Spirit: 13 Lessons for Busy Teachers - Elementary
- Responsibility • p.130 • Gal 5:22-23; Mt 25:14-30
Kids' Travel Guide series: Kids' Travel Guide to the Parables: 13 Interactive Lessons
- Chapter 2: The Parable of the Talents • p.19-27 • Mt 25:14-30; Gal 5:22-23
Building Faith Brick by Brick ll: An Imaginative Way to Explore the Parables
- Faithfulness • p.76-77 • Mt 25:14-30; Lk 19:12-27