DGEMs

“Enemy of our Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Darnel and Wheat”. Our faith in God is nurtured by God’s Graces. And so, by our efforts alone, we cannot deepen our faith in God. Also, the “Bad Spirits” who are “enemies” of God; will try to draw us away from God’s Will and Ways. Thus, discern and live God’s Will in the light of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus put another parable before them, ‘The kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, then the darnel appeared as well. The owner's labourers went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” 

He said to them, “Some enemy has done this.” And the labourers said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.” ’