Monday, October 28, 2024

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE TINY MUSTARD SEED.

THE TINY MUSTARD SEED & THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

THE CHURCH IS THE SEED OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH. 


What is the Kingdom of God like? 


"Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”

Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened.” (Luke 13: 18 - 21).


Tuesday, 29th October 2024 in the 30th Week in Ordinary Time.


“What is the Kingdom of God like?"


The Kingdom of God can be compared to many things. You may compare it to the yeast that leavens dough, or to a fishing net that catches all types of fish. The Kingdom of God has been compared to a wedding feast. 


What is your favorite image of the Kingdom of God? 


My favorite comparison is this:

"It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”

This is what happens when the tiny mustard seed is planted in your soul. 


It grows and gives birth to your awareness of the Person of the Holy Spirit. Then of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 


The seed continues to grow and develop branches. And then awareness of the Church and the knowledge of the Sacraments. Now you come to know Holy Scriptures, Rosary and so forth. 


After a period of time, the tiny seed planted by the Lord Jesus Christ becomes a bush, ready to welcome birds of the sky. 

The seed, is the Word of God planted in your heart when you were baptized. 


You cultivate and nourish the Seed daily through:

Daily prayers

Reading and study of the word of God

Daily examination of conscience

Frequent Confession, and spiritual reading. 


Prayer is the key and efficient cause of blessings.


October is the Holy Rosary Month. 

"The whole purpose of the Rosary is to lead to this deep experience of Our Lady, who together with Jesus breathes the Spirit into us."  (Thomas Keating). 


The Great Month of October ends in a few days. If you have been faithful, be prepared for a rich harvest.  The Rosary can be compared to the tiny mustard seed that the Holy Spirit planted in your heart this October. If you nourish this tiny mustard seed and allow it to grow, what will it become in 10 years, 20 years or 30 years? 

For Prayers, Consecration, Litany, Testimony of Jesus about those who pray the Rosary, click the link below:


https://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2023/09/october-devotion-to-holy-rosary.html?m=1

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