--- title: Daily Gospel Reflection for November 16, 2014 description: Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel. --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2014/11/16/daily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014#) # Daily Gospel Reflection for November 16, 2014 Nov 16, 2014 6:00:41 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) [![DGRCmom(popUnder)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/DGRCmompopUnder-550x229-412.png?width=550&height=229&name=DGRCmompopUnder-550x229-412.png)](http://catholicmom.com/2014/01/02/daily-gospel-reflection-for-january-2-2013/dgrcmompopunder/) ***Today's Gospel: [Matthew 25: 14-30](http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/111614.cfm)*** I’ve always hated the Parable of the Talents because I’m not a savvy investor. I don’t like risk. The stock market doesn’t thrill me, it annoys me. I want to put my money in the bank and not worry about having to get a great return on my investment. Of course Our Lord was speaking in parables as a way of teaching something about God, not as a threat to those of us who aren’t cut out for investment banking. Having set that misunderstanding aside, it turns out I also hate the parable because of something else it doesn’t mean. As a girl growing up, I was sometimes told, “What a shame it would be for you to just stay home and raise your children. You are much too smart for that. It would be a waste.” I knew this was wrong. Some years into having left a career in order to stay home and wipe noses (I’m not really a very good nose-wiper, either), the question was put to me: Don’t you have anything better to do? And my answer was a firm: Why, no, I do not. Other people might have better things to do with their lives, but of all the choices before me, this one is my best. We all have these gifts the Lord gives us. Things we know how to do well, and things we stink at. Certain demands on our life that create responsibilities, and certain responsibilities that we’ve been spared. We might have the gift of wealth or health, or we might have the gift of poverty and suffering. Or something in between. When I take stock of it all, how am I using what the Lord’s put in my jar? Not my friend’s jar, not my classmate’s jar, not the jar of that person I secretly envy. Mine. Am I serving the Lord with what He’s given me today? ### Ponder: The Lord isn’t asking me to use gifts I don’t have. He isn’t asking me to do the impossible. He’s only asking, What are you working on there? Is it for Me? What am I working on? Is it for Him? ### Pray: Dear Lord, sometimes I haven’t got a clue what you want me to do with my life. I can’t be everything and do everything, and I get so overwhelmed just figuring out if I’m doing what You have planned for me. Then there’s the part where I think I know what I should be doing, but I don’t do it. Please help me to seek your will, listen to You, and give myself completely to You. Thank you. Amen. *Copyright 2014 Jennifer Fitz* ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2014%2F11%2F16%2Fdaily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2014%2F11%2F16%2Fdaily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2014%2F11%2F16%2Fdaily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Daily%20Gospel%20Reflection%20for%20November%2016%2C%202014) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2014%2F11%2F16%2Fdaily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2014%2F11%2F16%2Fdaily-gospel-reflection-for-november-16-2014%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Profile%203.jpg) ### [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) We welcome guest contributors who graciously volunteer their writing for our readers. Please support our guest writers by visiting their sites, purchasing their work, and leaving comments to thank them for sharing their gifts here on CatholicMom.com. To inquire about serving as a guest contributor, contact editor@CatholicMom.com. ## Related Blog Articles [ The Mall: Parenting Preteens in Today's World Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2013/01/26/the-mall-parenting-preteens-in-todays-world) [ Daily Gospel Reflection for May 31, 2017 - Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2017/05/31/daily-gospel-reflection-may-31-2017-visitation-blessed-virgin-mary) [ Daily Gospel Reflection for Apri 14, 2014 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2014/04/14/daily-gospel-reflection-for-apri-14-2014) ## Comments ## Donate now [![Support Catholic Mom](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545) [![CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png?width=1806&height=731&name=CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png "CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) ##### Subscribe to Catholic Momcast on iTunes or Spotify [![itunes-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/itunes-logo-black.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-momcast/id1362352357)[![spotify-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/spotify-logo-black.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/show/15CoipHL7z61IDcYErV0b8?si=hqaQJSxDQgq7S1hxCwsoxQ) ##### CatholicMom on Social Networks [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) ##### About Catholic Mom [Who We Are](https://www.catholicmom.com/about-us) [Contact Us](https://www.catholicmom.com/contact) [Support CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/support-us)   ##### Associated Links [Holy Cross Family Ministries](https://www.hcfm.org/) [Family Rosary](https://www.familyrosary.org/) [Family Theater Productions](https://www.familytheater.org/) [Congregation of the Holy Cross](https://www.holycrossusa.org/) [Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.](https://www.fatherpeyton.org/) [The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life](https://www.peytonfamilyinstitute.org/) ### **Stay connected!** Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to receive our free daily digest email. Copyright © 2026 CatholicMom.com. All Rights Reserved.