Parable of the Sower

January 30, 2019
Wednesday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 1st
Reading: Heb 10:11-18
Gospel: Mk 4:1–20

In his teaching he said, “Listen! The sower went out to sow. As he sowed, some of the seed fell along a path and the birds came and ate it up. Some of the seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil; it sprang up immediately because it had no depth; but when the sun rose and burned it, it withered because it had no roots. Other seed fell among thorn bushes and the thorns grew and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain. But some seed fell on good soil, grew and increased and yielded grain; some produced thirty times as much, others sixty and others one hundred times as much.” And Jesus added, “Listen then, if you have ears.”When the crowd went away, some who were around him with the Twelve asked about the parables.He answered them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But for those outside, everything comes in parables, so that the more they see, they don’t perceive; the more they hear, they don’t understand; otherwise they would be converted and pardoned.”Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?What the sower is sowing is the word. Those along the path where the seed fell are people who hear the word, but as soon as they do, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.Other people receive the word like rocky ground. As soon as they hear the word, they accept it with joy, but they have no roots so it lasts only a little while. No sooner does trouble or persecution come be¬cause of the word, than they fall.Others receive the seed as among thorns. After they hear the word, they are caught up in the worries of this life, false hopes of riches and other desires. All these come in and choke the word so that finally it produces nothing.“And there are others who receive the word as good soil. They hear the word, take it to heart and produce: some thirty, some sixty and some one hundred times as much.”

D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)

The gift of the Word to humanity is one measure of God’s generosity. Reincarnating the Word in every life situation is humanity’s appreciation of that gift of Incarnation. Some sinners claim that they aren’t really ungrateful to God’s generosity. They are just into immoral experimentation to “road test” their faith’s capacity. The explanation merits no consideration. The Parable of the Sower exposes the danger of such experimentation. To those who are truly grateful to the gift of Incarnation, the best road test to faith is reincarnating the Word in every life situation. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M.

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