And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ (Mt 25:26-30)Find today’s readings here. Were human companionship as easily manipulated by wet food and kibble as a cat’s, maybe today’s readings would not need grappling with. In the frameworks of friendship and of love of one another gifted to us in the first readings, today’s Gospel can be a command to love without end. If we are limiting our care or our patience for our friends, we ought to realize we are burying talents ourselves and commit to love them even more. Whether it’s Paul’s reminder to progress further in love, a consideration of the Ignatian concept of Magis or the relentless sweetness of my dear old cat that reminds you to care for someone more deeply today, then surely we will all grow richer.