Todays Meditation Matthew 13:24-30 July 26, 2014 Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Let them grow together until harvest. (Matthew 13:30) Have you ever planted grass seed, only to see it come up half crabgrass? Then you probably know what the servants in today’s parable were thinking: Get rid of the weeds right away. Yank them all up. They’re ruining the crop! But what about the man who sowed the wheat? How did he react? He knew where the weeds came from. But unlike his servants, he was slow to get angry about his enemy’s malice, and this enabled him to think clearly and to make good decisions about how to proceed. Patient, even merciful, he was willing to bear with the weeds for the sake of the good crop. It was just as well, for though he waited, he did destroy the weeds in the end, when he gathered the wheat into his barn. This parable shows us that when God reveals himself, we might feel confounded, for his thoughts are not our thoughts, and his ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8). “Why not pull up all the weeds immediately and let the wheat flourish?” we ask. But such a rash response shows that we need to reflect further on who God reveals himself to be. He is not a God who punishes immediately. He is a patient God who offers each “weed” every single chance to be transformed into “wheat.” As we grasp a little bit of God’s mercy and patience, our hearts can be moved and stirred with a desire to share in his mission of transforming our world so that it can become a lush, fruitful landscape. We all recognize that the enemy may have sown weeds, but God remains confident that he can bring good out of evil. St. Catherine of Siena once referred to God as a “deep ocean” in which “the more [we] seek, the more [we] find; and the more [we] find, the more [we] seek.” When we pray, when we read Scripture, even the simplest parables, he surprises us with unexpected revelations of his love, his mercy, and his delight in his creation. He overturns our assumptions and proves himself to be far more faithful and far more powerful than we could ever expect or imagine. “Father, as I pray and read Scripture today, show me more of who you are. I want to know your power to change hearts—even mine—into the finest wheat.” Jeremiah 7:1-11; Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11 ************************************* Join the first Catholic Social Media Network: catholicgo
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