Proper 28 A + This little light + 11.19.23
M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Judges 4:1–7; Ps. 123; 1 Thess. 5:1–11; St. Matthew 25:14–30) This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine! Hide it under a bushel, no! I’m going to let it shine. “The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” So first off, talents. What were they? Huge amounts of money is the answer. A silver talent, I am told, could be worth today’s equivalent of 16,500 dollars, whereas a gold talent might be worth 1.4 million dollars in today’s money. Of course, equivalency with ancient currency is hard to do so another person has said ...