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 listen to
Jesus when He speaks to you?
Every time Jesus generously sows the seeds of the gospel to
us. With the hope that His sown seeds would eventually grow in our hearts. And
bear countless fruits through our words and actions. Some of us don’t even care
to listen or we listen but after listening we completely forget it.
But there are also those who listen, imbibe and let the
seeds of the gospel bear fruit in their lives by living and sharing it. In that
process they allow themselves to be used by God as His seeds to bless other
people’s lives.
We all have this liberty on how we would receive these seeds
of the gospel that God generously sows upon us. However let us not abuse this
liberty by choosing to ignore it. Let us listen to it, let us allow it to take
root in our hearts.
Let us allow these very same words of God to transform us therefore
we would become the seed sown on rich soil.
As such we will share it to as many people as possible and we will also
give life to the same words of God by living it.
Do you want a new perspective in your life? A perspective
that is free from worldliness, sinfulness and other forms of worries brought
about by this world? If yes, open your bible, read and reflect on the words of
Jesus and Allow it to sink deep into you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas