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Sunday, July 20, 2008, 16th Sunday Ordinary Time
Wisdom 12:13, 16-19, Romans 8:26-27, Psalm 86, Matthew 13:24-43
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ROOTS AND WEEDS
"Pull up the weeds and you might take the wheat along with them." —Matthew
13:29
A farmer tells his farmhands not to weed his field because they may take
up the wheat with the weeds. This is an unusual command. If farmers
applied this in all cases, all weeding would be prohibited. This command
indicates that the root-development of the wheat, the citizens of God's
kingdom (Mt 13:38), is dependent on the presence of the weeds, "the
followers of the evil one" (Mt 13:38). To "be rooted in [Christ] and built
up in Him, growing ever stronger in faith" (Col 2:7), we must be in the
presence of those who are not with the Lord but following the evil one.
This gives us opportunities to share and defend our faith. We can forgive
these people when they hurt us and love them unconditionally. We can take
up our daily crosses (see Lk 9:23) and share in the sufferings of Christ
(Col 1:24).
The Lord turns all things to the good for those who love Him (Rm 8:28).
Your loving, forgiving, suffering outreach to the weeds root you in Christ
in wondrous ways. Thank God for how He can deepen your faith through
weeds. Love the weeds, even if they hurt you. Remember you were a weed
yourself and would revert to being a weed but for the amazing grace of
God. Thank God for not weeding the field until the very end.
Prayer: Father, may my faith be deep enough to persevere through the mass
apostasy before the end of the world (see 2 Thes 2:3).
Promise: "Though You are Master of might, You judge with clemency." —Wis
12:18
Praise: Praise the risen Lord, Whose "mercy endures forever"
(Ps 136:1).
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