Our Gospel story this Sunday is one that is very familiar: the sower and the seed. It is a parable that pictures, in a way, the journey of our life with God and God’s constant working to reach our hearts and open them to love and freedom. The “sower” scatters seed generously—hopeful that there will be a rich harvest.
It is not difficult for us to find ourselves in the parable, as we realize that our journey has been sometimes one of being like rocky ground, not yet ready to receive the seed; like well-worn paths where the seed cannot yet find a resting place; the thorny ground where the seed is choked off by our anxieties and distractions.
But, more importantly, we also can see ourselves as being that rich soil, when we have been gifted to understand and embrace the Word. We realize that our lives do bear fruit and the gifts of the Spirit urge us toward hearts open to achieving the purpose of God’s “sowing” work.
In the words of Paul: God’s hope that creation will be set free from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. And the promise from Isaiah: “the word that goes forth from my mouth shall not return void but will achieve the end for which I sent it.” This is the grace we can pray for each day.
-Fr. Len Kraus, S.J.
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