MODULE 1

LIBERATING COMMUNITIES
WITH MY GOD- GIVEN GIFTS
• This module aims to form and transform you to
become agents of liberation to those who are at the
peripheries.
• It also aims to let you share your gifts/talents to the
community where you reside and where you work.
• Further, it is for you to develop a habit to render a
holistic response not just to the favored members of
the society but also to the least, the lost and the last.
 BIBLICAL READING:
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS
(MT. 25:14-30)
• 14 “It will be as when a man who was going on a journey
called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
• 15 To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third,
one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
• 16 Immediately the one who received five talents went and
traded with them, and made another five.
 BIBLICAL READING:
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS
(MT. 25:14-30)
• 17 Likewise, the one who received two made another
two.
• 18 But the man who received one went off and dug a hole
in the ground and buried his master’s money.
• 19 After a long time the master of those servants came
back and settled accounts with them.
• 20 The one who had received five talents came forward
bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me
five talents. See, I have made five more.’
• 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and
faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I
will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your
master’s joy.’
• 22 [Then] the one who had received two talents also came
forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I
have made two more.’
• 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and
faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I
will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your
master’s joy.’
• 24 Then the one who had received the one talent came
forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding
person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering
where you did not scatter;
• 25 so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the
ground. Here it is back.’
• 26 His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy
servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant
and gather where I did not scatter?
• 27 Should you not then have put my money in the bank so
that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
• 28 Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the
one with ten.
• 29 For to everyone who has, more will be given and he
will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what
he has will be taken away.
• 30 And throw this useless servant into the darkness
outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’
 REFLECTION

• The parable of the talents is commonly interpreted as a

commendation of the two servants that made one
hundred percent profit and a condemnation of the one
that made no profit, with the lesson that Christians should
use their natural capabilities to the full for the sake of
God’s kingdom.
 REFLECTION

• Arland Hultgren (2000, 278-279) sees the meaning of

talent as embracing natural endowment and going
beyond it. For him the emphasis is on faithfulness in the
use of any gifts a disciple gets as being afraid to use them
means failure.
 REFLECTION
• The parable is a reminder that these gifts are given to all
in various measure.
• As you reflect and do your journal, may you realize that as
a person and as a student of SLC a CICM school, you too
are gifted with various talents.
• May you use this talent without reservation to serve
others with integrity and compassion.
 JOURNAL #1 : “LORD, YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO LIBERATE.”

• As a student in the accounting or business field, teaching,

and etc., you are aware of the conditions of many poor
people in the community and of your God-given
responsibility to liberate.
• There are ways and means by which you can respond to
liberate those in dire need of help.
 GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. How do you use your God-given talents in different

circumstances in life?
2. When confronted with choices between a friend in need
and someone less fortunate, do you exercise wise
judgment? How?
 GUIDE QUESTIONS

3. Do you willingly share and fully use your God-given

talents to alleviate difficult situations in your chosen field?
How?
4. What insights did you learn from the Celebration of the
Eucharist or Church Service on January 29, 2023?
JOURNAL #2: “COME AND CELEBRATE WITH THE JOY
OF YOUR MASTER.”
• There is always joy in being one with the community when
you selflessly give your best for the common good.
• An ounce of kindness, though small, would mean so much
joy to the lost, the least and the last.
• As a future professional in the accounting or business
field, may you be a source of Joy to everyone you will
encounter.
 GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. How do we handle a difficult client? Do we respond to

their request or just try to placate them with empty
promises?
2. What do you do when you see a friend violate a rule? Do
you publicly support a work rule or policy but privately fail
to enforce it?
 GUIDE QUESTIONS

3. Describe and share the happy feelings of being able to

share your skills in accounting or business enterprises?
4. What insights did you learn from the Celebration of the
Eucharist or Church Service on February 5, 2023?