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.
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Reflection:
Do you
want to increase your faith?
The tiny
mustard seed became the largest of plants, the yeast was little until it was
mixed with three measures of wheat flour after which it grew bigger. There’s
that transition in the gospel for both parables from being small both grew big.
By virtue
of the Sacrament of Baptism and the Sacrament of Confirmation Jesus planted
that small seed of faith in us. He has no other desire but for us to nurture it
and let it grow and bloom where other could benefit from us. But somehow as we
mature many of us put aside our faith and we prioritize the temporal things of
this world.
God’s
desire is for us to nurture our faith, it’s His perpetual yearning for us: to
grow our faith. Let us therefore ask Jesus to grant us the grace to increase
our faith. And of course let us also do our part by faithfully adhering to the
teachings of the church, by our pious presence at Holy Mass and by reading the
bible.
Thus our
faith will grow, just like the tiny mustard seed which grew big and the yeast which
livened the three measures of wheat flour. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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