Saturday within the 24th week, Year C. 1 Tim. 6:13-16; Luke 8: 4-15

The parable of the Sower invites us to self-examination and to look inside our heart. What kind of soil is our heart? For late Pope Benedict XVI, this Parable is "autobiographical", revealing Jesus as the sower and the seed as his Word, which is God's person, Jesus himself. Our hearts are like different soils. They receive the word differently and respond to it differently as well. The fruitfulness of the word in our lives depends on the degree of its acceptance in our hearts. The deeper the word, the more fruitful we are. This parable demonstrates God's love, which respects human freedom. God draws us to himself through the truth and goodness of Jesus, The Seed of life, or the Word in our life. Let’s open our hearts and lives to God, the source of life by removing hardness, deepening our roots in Christ and clearing away many distractions so that God’s word can flourish in us and through us and yield a wonderful harvest. Like seeds, we are all called to greatness, to fruitfulness and to glory.

Jesus, I trust in you

Fr. Georges sac