Fr. Robert Hamm substituted for the pastor who was ill today. The gospel continues to be from Matthew – the parable about the king going on a jouney and who gives his vassals for safe keeping 5 and 2 and 1 talents each. The one who got five, traded and got five more; the one who got two, did a thing and got two more; the one who got one, buried his talent and gave it back intact to the master on his return. “Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten – and cast this man out into the darkness where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”