Gospel: Matthew
13:31-35
Jesus
proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet
when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the
birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”
He spoke
to them another parable. “The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was
leavened.” All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to
them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:
I will
open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the
foundation of the world. illustrate the same point: the amazing contrast
between the small beginnings of the kingdom and its marvelous expansion.
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Reflection:
How does
the kingdom of God starts in your heart? It starts small, then if you nurture
it with prayers, by reading the bible and your faithful presence at Holy Mass.
It slowly grows little by little until it fully blooms so that it can bless
others and in the process you become a blessing to your brethren.
But not
everyone has this kind of experience. To many of us the kingdom begins small
also yet it does not grow it instead dies. Why? Because we don’t exert an
effort to nurture it, we don’t ask Jesus to bless our faith so that it could
grow.
The
mustard seed parable in our gospel is an allusion of Jesus’ desire to help us grow
in faith. This seed of faith that He initially gives us during our baptism. And
as we grow Jesus also desires that we also grow in faith so that others can
learn from us.
How’s the
seed of faith that Jesus sowed in your heart during your baptism? Did you allow
it to grow by nurturing it and by asking Jesus to help you grow in faith? If it
grew, has anyone been blessed by it already? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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