Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of
the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (20th July, 2016) on the
Gospel
Jer 1:1.4-10;
Ps 70:1-6.15.17. (R. cf. v. 15);Matt 13:1-9.
Topic: The defaulter.
Who is to blame for those seeds that fell on wrong soil types?
We have three most possible culprits – the sower, the seed, and the soil types.
It is very easy to see it as the consequence of sheer carelessness of the sower.
But it will not be right because he must have sowed for the seeds to bear fruits.
Hence, Saint Paul asks, “Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants
a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting
some of the milk?” (1Cor 9:7). The seeds
have no other option than to fall where they are sowed. The soil type is the next.
Jesus warns, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but
inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Matt 7:15).
Most certainly, those soil types must have presented themselves to the sower as
good soil.
We have been transformed to bear fruits for God, cf. Rom 7:4. It is important to ensure that
one is doing his/her tasks. Jesus warns, “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my
recompense, to repay every one for what he has done” (Rev 22:12; cf. Matt 16:27).
The parable continues from tomorrow’s gospel.
Bible Reading: Matt 3:1-10.
Thought for today: Make sure you produce fruits.
Let us pray: Lord, do something new in our lives;
make out of us good soil that will bear fruits – Amen (cf. Is 43:19).
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