Twenty-Second Wednesday in Ordinary Time

What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. For we are God's co-workers; you are God's field, God's building.

Our faith was planted and watered by others, but in the end, it is God who causes it to grow. Our beliefs can’t be founded on others. We do not belong spiritually to a particular person no matter how much they have helped us in our faith. Our mothers, fathers, friends, priests, and others might have played an important role in our spiritual journey, but we do not belong to them. Instead, their examples should show us we belong to God. In this way, if they fail us in some way it doesn’t affect our relationship with God.

In what ways has our faith grown over the years? How can we make our hearts and minds more fertile ground for spiritual growth? How can we help to grow the faith of others?

O Lord, we are your field help us to grow in faith and yield abundant fruit.

Amen.