Ord.Wk 24th: Saturday 18th September, 2021 September 18, 2021
Reflection on the WORD
Willingness to do God’s Will: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Sower and Seeds” to remind us of the many temptations and traps that can lure us away from God. Ponder on the parable, “Which type of soil describes our faith well? Pray for God’s Wisdom and Strength to do His Will.”
Luke 8:4-15
With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, Jesus told this parable: ‘A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up. Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture. Some seed fell amongst thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell into rich soil and grew and produced its crop a hundredfold.’
Saying this he cried, ‘Listen, anyone who has ears to hear!’
Today's Pointers on God's Word
As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?
- •This parable is actually more about the sower than the seed. In God’s generous bounty, sowers cast seed (God’s word) throughout the world, in every generation.
- •Like labourers in the vineyard, God the Father never fails to send sowers. We are His sowers.
- •Are we effective sowers? If yes, how do I live this? If no, what are the reasons causing this? Pray for divine assistance to cause the seeds that we sow to fall on fertile soil.