Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor of the Church
“We are unprofitable servants; we have done no more than what we ought to do.” Luke 17:7-10
Jesus offers us this message to warn us of that attitude, with which we forget that He has given us infinitely more than we can offer Him. But God is not a cruel and inconsiderate master. Let us not think that at the end of our lives, after having worked and fought sincerely for God, we will be received in heaven with a dry and cold: “You have only done what you had to do”. We have to say that, but He will not say it. We know His words: He will say to those who have lived His message: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father…”. And we will sit down with Him to enjoy the eternal banquet.
