This Saturday morning, let us take it upon ourselves to dwell deeper and recollect who is Jesus Christ for us personally, so that the truth, the single truth of today’s gospel can be unlocked for us and embraced in such a way that we no longer gloss over it.
Jesus, the all powerful Word of God, was made flesh and dwelt among us. He is truly the Lord, the king of kings. In order to receive the life-giving Word of God, who gives to us freely because He loves us so deeply, the key is a charitable, humble heart. Where deep calls on deep. Where the soil of our hearts is richly prepared to embrace the Word of God deeply into our hearts that it takes root.
His love then grows within us and yields a bountiful harvest as the fire of His love is spread throughout the nations, so that everyone who listens to us speak the testimony of Jesus from our hearts. They too shall embrace the joy of the gospel message within them and are in turn fruitful.
Glory to you, O Lord. Amen.
Saints Laurent Imbert, Bishop, Jacques Chastan, Priest, (Penang College General Fathers), Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs pray for us…
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First reading
1 Timothy 6:13-16 ·
I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been told
Before God the source of all life and before Christ, who spoke up as a witness for the truth in front of Pontius Pilate, I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been told, with no faults or failures, until the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who at the due time will be revealed
by God, the blessed and only Ruler of all,
the King of kings and the Lord of lords,
who alone is immortal,
whose home is in inaccessible light,
whom no man has seen and no man is able to see:
to him be honour and everlasting power. Amen.
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Gospel
Luke 8:4-15
The parable of the sower
With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, Jesus used this parable:
‘A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up. Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture. Some seed fell amongst thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell into rich soil and grew and produced its crop a hundredfold.’ Saying this he cried, ‘Listen, anyone who has ears to hear!’
His disciples asked him what this parable might mean, and he said, ‘The mysteries of the kingdom of God are revealed to you; for the rest there are only parables, so that
they may see but not perceive,
listen but not understand.
‘This, then, is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God. Those on the edge of the path are people who have heard it, and then the devil comes and carries away the word from their hearts in case they should believe and be saved. Those on the rock are people who, when they first hear it, welcome the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of trial they give up. As for the part that fell into thorns, this is people who have heard, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life and do not reach maturity. As for the part in the rich soil, this is people with a noble and generous heart who have heard the word and take it to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance.’
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