Gospel for the Day with Pointers

Thursday, 24th July,2014

Ord. Wk 16th

Mt 13:10-14.16-17

The disciples went up to Jesus and asked, ‘Why do you talk to them in parables?’ In answer, he said, ‘Because to you is granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not granted. Anyone who has will be given more and will have more than enough; but anyone who has not will be deprived even of what he has. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So in their case what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah is being fulfilled: Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive! 

‘But blessed are your eyes because they see, your ears because they hear! In truth I tell you, many prophets and upright people longed to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.’

• •Jesus seems to be advocating the saying “The rich get richer, the poor get poorer”. That is, the rich see financial opportunities for growth where the poor see only financial difficulties. 
  
  
• •Likewise, the faithful see opportunities for spiritual growth where the faithless see only difficulties.
  
  
• •In times of difficulties, let us be firm in believing that God continues to be there for us.  This is so that we do not allow our emotional pains to blind us from God’s Truth and Love for us.