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:
Almost everything in life starts small. For example, when
we were born in this world we were small. Then, due to the nourishment that we
received from our parents we got bigger and bigger, this is how life starts.
What would make us grow in faith so others could
benefit from us? It’s the spiritual nourishment that we give to our life. For
example, we go to church and attend Holy Mass without fail and we enrich our
minds by our reading of the bible. As we do these acts of faith we
would be surprised to discover that we slowly grow in faith. And we will be
further astonished that as we grow in faith we also learn how to share our
faith.
these two parables that Jesus gives us today in the
gospel is a reminder for all of us. We, who all want to grow in faith. If we
want to grow in faith and if we want others to benefit from our wisdom.
We must
therefore feed ourselves with our regular presence at Holy Mass, we must feed
ourselves by way of regular reading of the bible and we must not forget to
translate what we learn from Holy Mass and reading of the bible to actual acts
of faith.
Jesus will certainly want us all to grow in faith.
But how can we grow in faith and how can others benefit from us through our
faith? If we seldom attend Holy Mass and if we seldom read the bible? How can
we grow in faith if we seldom pray the Rosary? And how can we grow in faith if
we don’t help those who are in need most especially the poor?
Our faith is a gift from God but we must also
nurture this gift of faith by our actual acts of faith so that it could
grow. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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