Homily (Reflection) for Saturday of
the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (28th July, 2018) on the
Gospel
(BVM on Saturday, Opt Mem)
Jer 7:1-11;
Ps 83:3-6.8.11. (R. v. 2);
Matt 13:24-30.
Topic: For barn or for burn.
In today’s gospel, we hear the parable of the weeds. When everybody
was sleeping, the enemy sowed weeds among the wheat someone had sown in his
field. The servants wanted to uproot the weeds immediately they were sighted but
the master said to them,
No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat
along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest... I will
tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be
burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.
Just like in the parable of the sower, both the wheat and the
weeds exist within. We see God in this parable as a very patient God. However,
let no one be deceived. That God hasn’t punished does not mean He will never
punish. Saint Peter rightly writes, “The Lord is not slow about his promise as
some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should
perish, but that all should reach repentance” (2Pt 3:9; cf. Ezek 33:11).
Spiritual drowsiness is very dangerous. The enemy sowed the
weeds when everyone was sleeping. In the same vein, the devil always has it
very easy when the children of God are sleeping. We must stop sleeping, cf. 1Thess 5:6).
Finally, let nobody count him/herself as a child of God when
he/she is not. Saint John writes, “... whoever does not do right is not of God,
nor he who does not love his brother” (1Jn
3:10). Are you wheat or weed?
Bible Reading: 1Jn 2:29–3:10.
Thought for today: Work towards barn or burn.
Let us pray: Lord, assist us in our effort to
remain always your seeds – Amen.
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