Let them grow together
Published Jul 23, 2022 12:05 am
REFLECTIONS TODAY
In the Kingdom of heaven, God allows the evil people to coexist with the good ones. In the parable of the weeds among the wheat, the servants wish to remove the weeds from the field because they are not sown by the landowner, but by an enemy. The landowner objects, stressing that if they pull them up, they might uproot the wheat as well.
Does God care for the good? Why does God allow the bad to thrive in his Kingdom, along with the good? Because at harvest time, the end of time, the good and the bad will be separated from each other without damaging the good ones. The good will have a special treatment; the bad will be thrown into fire.
God solicits patience from us, laborers of his field. He disapproves collateral damage, even if war with evil in this world is in progress. Let us, then, take care that in trying to eradicate evil in this world, we do not harm the good and do not become evildoers ourselves.
Gospel • Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Source: “365 Days with the Lord 2022,” St. Pauls, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; Fax 632-895-7328; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.
In the Kingdom of heaven, God allows the evil people to coexist with the good ones. In the parable of the weeds among the wheat, the servants wish to remove the weeds from the field because they are not sown by the landowner, but by an enemy. The landowner objects, stressing that if they pull them up, they might uproot the wheat as well.
Does God care for the good? Why does God allow the bad to thrive in his Kingdom, along with the good? Because at harvest time, the end of time, the good and the bad will be separated from each other without damaging the good ones. The good will have a special treatment; the bad will be thrown into fire.
God solicits patience from us, laborers of his field. He disapproves collateral damage, even if war with evil in this world is in progress. Let us, then, take care that in trying to eradicate evil in this world, we do not harm the good and do not become evildoers ourselves.
Gospel • Matthew 13:24-30
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Source: “365 Days with the Lord 2022,” St. Pauls, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; Fax 632-895-7328; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.