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RECTORÍA DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A

                                                     Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10,1-14; Rm 8:18-23;Mt 13:1-23

 Fr. Josué Arellano

THE SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW…

Throughout human history, humankind has wondered what God is like, has questioned His existence, and has also wondered who God is.

Today, the Word of God helps us understand who He is and how He acts in our lives.

Listening to the Gospel of Matthew, we can understand that God is a sower: He has prepared good soil, that is, He has created everything that exists for our good. He has created humankind to enrich us with the seed of His Word and the seed of His love, and He expects abundant fruit from us.

He awaits the fruit of all His creation; He never tires of going out to sow. The question is, are we willing for that seed to find fertile ground in our hearts to bear abundant fruit?

This parable of the sower is easy to understand, since Christ Himself explains it at every step. From our faith, we understand that we are privileged because our Father God, through his Son Jesus Christ, has chosen to place his word in our hearts. Unfortunately, it doesn't always find fertile ground, and that word cannot bear the expected fruit.

Jesus himself warns us that when we don't understand the word, the devil comes and snatches it from our hearts.

At other times, our inconstancy prevents that seed from taking root deep enough; and in the face of difficulty or tribulation, that seed ends up dying.

Another danger we face, which prevents that seed from bearing fruit, is the worries of this life, the pursuit of riches and worldly temptations, which end up smothering the seed, leaving it fruitless.

In the life of our Church, we have great testimonies of faith in the lives of the saints, and we discover that their hearts were fertile ground, good soil, which allowed them to yield a hundredfold in their harvest. Now we might ask ourselves, what seed am I allowing to take root in my heart? What fruits are appearing in my life of faith? How do I need to prepare my heart so that this seed can bear the expected fruit? Let us ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, the faithful woman who gave birth to our Savior, to intercede in our journey of faith, so that our fruits may be abundant for the glory of God the Father. Amen.