Third Friday of Ordinary Time

This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

God sowed the seeds of His Kingdom at the beginning of time and we grow without a need for understanding why or how we do so. Some of us will die before producing a yield, others of us will go a long time without a grain of produce and then near the end of our lives we will bear fruits, and then there are the faithful few who will yield a hundred fold. We do not know God’s plan for us, but we seeds of life have one purpose to fulfill and that is to grow in faith, hope, and love. When we do this we ripen as Disciples of Christ and God will harvest us into His Kingdom.

What have we done in our lives to grow in the gospel? Do we trust in God’s plan for us? Are we willing to do His Will without hesitation?

O Lord, help me grow and yield much fruit.

Amen.