Homily (Reflection) for Wednesday of
the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (I) (24th July, 2019) on the
Gospel
Ex 16:1-5.9-15;
Ps 77:18-19.23-28. (R. v.24);
Matt 13:1-9.
Topic: The defaulter.
Jesus taught the people using many parables. We see in
today’s gospel the parable of the sower. As the sower sowed the seeds, some
fell on the path, some on rocky ground, some among the thorns, and the rest on
good soil. Only those who fell on good soil were able to grow to maturity “and
brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
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, the wrong soil types must have
presented themselves to the sower as good soil. We must be sober and watchful. Our
adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to
devour, cf. 1Pt 5:8.
We have been transformed to bear fruits for God, cf. Rom 7:4. We must ensure that we are
doing this task. 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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