Gospel: Matthew
13:1-9
On that
day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds
gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd
stood along the shore. And he
spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as
he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell
on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the
soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for
lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked
it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or
thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
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Reflection:
Do you reflect on the parables of Jesus?
Jesus
often gives parables to His disciples for them to have something to reflect and
think about. These parables are also for us to reflect and discover the lesson
that it tries to convey to us.
The sower
is actually God, the seeds that He sowed were His teachings and the
environments which the seed fell are us. Obviously the first three environments
on which the seeds fell were not ideal because the seeds did not grew up as it
should be.
We become
the first three environments when we intentionally turn a deaf ear to God’s
teachings. No matter how much God wants us to know more about Him if we are not
willing to listen He cannot do anything about it. He will not be able to take
root and grow in our hearts.
The last
environment: the good soil is also us. This happens when we open our whole
being to God’s teachings. We listen to it, we imbibed it and we live it. It
grows within us and in that process we bear fruit. In bearing fruit God uses us
to touch lives thus we become an instrument of His blessings for others.
The desire
of God is for us to always become the good soil wherein we touch lives and make
a positive difference in the lives of our fellowmen. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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