I love the way that they speak to all of us, at work, at home, women, men and children.



Oh! How many times have we heard this story? And not only at Mass; for it is used to prepare children for Sacraments; in schools, prayer services; liturgies as well as one I had to learn by heart for my RS O’Level. Preparing for Mass I was immediately transported to my 15 year old self mixing up the types of ground with their meanings, destined to get it perpetually wrong. It was a painful memory which for a while stopped me from engaging with the Gospel.
Yet I know that every time we pray with Scripture God speaks to us, giving us what we need when we need it. There was something in this Gospel that we –or maybe I – need to hear today.
I remembered the General Directory of Catechesis (GDC) uses this parable as a spring board.
As disciples we are called to sow the seed, to be actively engaged in evangelisation.
God is the sower, Jesus, the Logos is the Seed. To evangelise effectively we must have a personal relationship with the Living Lord, we must nurture the seed within us, allowing it to effect all we do.
“Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but “by attraction”.
But we have to be aware of the banquet and recognise it’s deliciousness before we can invite others. So today I hope that these reflective questions help to refresh your taste-buds…so that in your work you can invite others.
Sorry for the confusion, here are the reflective questions for Sunday 2nd July!
The joy of working a week ahead!
Prayer by Anne Osdieck
O God,
you ask little of us.
You bless us, when we give
and also when we receive.
Please let us have a cup of cold water.
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