Saint Mark 4,26-34
How to be or become a follower of Jesus Christ in the world and in your situation«And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come»
Jesus speaks to the crowd in parables, but to those who follow him he makes it clear what He wants they understand.
About bringing fruit to the Kingdom of God, sometimes I wonder why I write these comments that don't seem to be very successful. Apparently given the reader numbers they don't
seem to have any.
And when the grain is ripe, he wields the
sickle at once, for the harvest has comeyou
The word of the Gospel often tells me - in this passage as in the parable of the sower - that I must insist on throwing these minimal and perhaps even inadequate seeds into cyberspace, because the fact that they germinate does not depend on me. No matter how small the seeds that one sows, Jesus will make them bear fruit.
In particular today in meditating on this passage I realized that it is good - even if a little bit tiring for me - that I write these comments.
It's a good thing, even if recent events not very pleasant for me made me think that like everyone of us I have to be careful to avoid the weeds that the enemy always tries to sow in our heart.
The reasons can be the most varied: misunderstandings with others, or in the family, reasons about money that can lead you to foresee the worst, injustices that one suffers or believes to have suffered.
All these are hard and real things that risk making you tempted to lose faith in Divine Providence and sow discord.
Then the phrase of Jesus comes to mind:
"When the fruit is ready, immediately the hand to the scythe, because the harvest has come"
Everything then loses importance, if you think of the time that passes like a flash, the hours, the days and the years that flow away like water. Yesterday was spring, today is already summer and in a while, before one realizes it, it will be autumn again.
In the end, when God decides to put his hand to the scythe because you are mature, it is important to be one who did not end up among the tares, but among the wheat grains of the Kingdom.
This is the purpose of a Christian's life. Trust in God, so as not to turn aside, because if HE sends you certain weights to carry it means that you have the strength to carry them.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 4,26-34.
27 and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
28 Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come."
30 He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
31 It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
32 But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade."
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
34 Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.
