Who needs to Sow? WE DO! What do we sow? Seeds of love, Gospel truths, the invitation of sonship and daughterhood with God our Heavenly Father; knowledge and relationship with His Son our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Who needs to Reap? WE DO! We need to lead them home to the Lord, into community, into Church!
Thick sowing and thick reaping is our responsibility, if we are truly our Lord’s disciples. For we are also children of God our Heavenly Father. Co-heirs!
And so we give our all! Money, time, our gifts and talents. Freely and filled with joy in our hearts!
Jesus as I die in You let me rise in You. Amen
Saint Laurence pray for us…
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First reading
2 Corinthians 9:6-10 ·
God loves a cheerful giver
Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance, and still have something to spare for all sorts of good works. As scripture says: He was free in almsgiving, and gave to the poor: his good deeds will never be forgotten.
The one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide you with all the seed you want and make the harvest of your good deeds a larger one.
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Gospel
John 12:24-26
If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I tell you, most solemnly,
unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
Anyone who loves his life loses it;
anyone who hates his life in this world
will keep it for the eternal life.
If a man serves me, he must follow me,
wherever I am, my servant will be there too.
If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.’
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