Wednesday, July 20, 2016

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.”

A seed of thought cannot be brought to blossom in the infertile ground of a closed mind. We are called to preach the Gospel to all people so that all people can hear about the love of God but that message will not be received by all people. We are not to spend our time trying to till rock and clay. Our time is better spent working the fertile ground, bringing the Gospel to those open to receive it.

Sound leads to thought, thought to conversion. Anyone with ears should be able to hear the Gospel and change their hearts and minds to the Lord. If someone is deaf then the only way they can be converted is by sight – by example. Not only do we have to preach the Word but we have to live the Word in the sight of every people. The deaf who can see will slowly begin to hear as well.

This is the mission of a Christian – to love the Word with our lives, speak the Word with our mouths, and house the Word in our hearts. Others will come to know him by the love we show to each other.