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 our heart? It starts small, then if
we nurture it with prayers, by reading the bible and our faithful presence at
Holy Mass. It slowly grows little by little until it fully blooms so that it
can bless those around us.
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 our hearts during our
baptism? Did we 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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