2 Macc 7:1, 20-31 / Luke 19:11-28
Our character and integrity are often expressed in two aspects, and that is trust and faithfulness.
So essentially, it is about whether others can trust us and whether we can be faithful to that trust.
Trust and faithfulness are expressed in relationships like marriage, family, social and even spiritual.
In the 1st reading, we hear of this terrible account of torture and execution of seven brothers, and their mother had to endure witnessing their deaths.
But the mother kept on encouraging her sons to trust in the Lord God and to be faithful to Him to the end, even to giving up their lives.
In the gospel parable, Jesus also emphasized on trust and faithfulness.
If we can be trusted with a small thing like money, and be faithful to that trust, then it shows our character and integrity.
On a higher level, we also must trust God in His love and promises to us, and that He is faithful to us.
If we can be trusted and be faithful to that trust, it is because we trust in God’s faithfulness to us.
But let us remember to be faithful in little things, and we will be trusted in greater things.