16th Sunday Of Ordinary Time

The Crop Period Mt. 13:24-43

Jesus is the Master Sower who has sent out His disciples to sow the Word of God into the hearts of men. 

At the end of time,

Jesus will return as the Master Harvester. 

Who will send out His angels to gather in the harvest. 

And we are now in the crop period. 

The time between sowing and harvesting. 

It is just as important. 

For It is the time that determines if there will be anything worth harvesting. 

During this time weeds crop up. 

Competing with the seeds that were sown.

A good farmer does what he can to get rid of the weeds 

But will never get rid of all of them. 

The field of the world is a mix of wheat and weeds. 

Of Good and evil. 

We will never get rid of all the evil in the world.

But we must try and do our best. 

Until the Day when Jesus returns;

And then the weeds and wheat will be separated. 

The wheat will go into His barn;

While the weeds will be gathered up and burned with the fire. 

Until that day

Through prayer, self denial and confession;

 it is best to keep the weeds in our own hearts to a minimum;