Mark 4:26–34
Jesus also said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone
would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and
the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of
itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when
the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has
come." He also said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or
what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown
upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown
it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large
branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade." With
many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he
did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in
private to his disciples."
Reflection
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Do I have any consoling images after
contemplating this gospel passage?
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Do I realize that God gives me the gift to grow incrementally
in spirit?