Overview

Diocese of East Tennessee: Weekly Lectionary: "In today's readings, God asks us to make appropriate use of our gifts and talents. Zephaniah announces God's coming judgment against the self-indulgent and complacent. Paul urges his readers to quit worrying about the time of Jesus' return, and instead to live fully, now, as children of light. In Jesus' parable, two slaves wisely invest the talents entrusted to them, while a third slave cowers in fear."