THE GREAT MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED.
"He 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. (Mark 4: 26 - 34).
Friday January 30, 2026 in the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time.
Jesus compares the growth of the kingdom of God, that is, the reign of God to that of a tiny mustard seed.
The Kingdom of God is a mystery.
The life inside the tiny mustard seed is a mystery.
The tiny spermatozoon is packed with a DNA that is a mystery.
Do not despise the small beginning. Do not thrash the Church and its mysteries because you do not understand them.
The mystery of faith calls for only one response: Belief.
When you believe, you stand the chance that you can understand.
Belief always comes first.
"Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the Kingdom to mere children." (Matthew 11: 25).
Accept the Kingdom of God like a little child.
The Church honors the Most Holy Name of Jesus in January.
Pope Benedict XVI:
“The name of Jesus, the person of Jesus, the face of Jesus, is the means by which God the Father blesses us with every blessing in the heavens, keeps and protects us, shines his face upon us, fills us with grace and favor, looks upon us with tender love and grants us peace.”
Pope Francis (quoting St Peter Faber, applied in his homily on the Name of Jesus:
“Let us never seek in this life to be tied to any name but that of Jesus.”
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