Mark 4:26-34 |
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The kingdom of God is a mustard seed growing into the biggest shrub of all
Today, on the XI Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus uses two different parables about the plant seed and the mustard seed which gave a good harvest. Although these two parables are a bit different, they refer to the same subject on faith. The belief of a Christian man is like this seed of a plant. It needs help and interference to be sprouting and growing.
We often say that faith is God’s grace and no one can deserve it. God, in His love, has given us the experience of His presence, not by physical senses, but spirituality. This is the evidently the gift of God.
But that gift is put into the fragile human nature, it is not given once and for ever. We may easily lose it, because the way from faith to non-belief is so short, as we can see in some stories from the gospels.
The today’s Gospel of Mark tells us about the need of the development of our faith. We should constantly take care of the relationship with God. Jesus Christ wants to show us the real life.
The confirmation of this is well showed in the two examples of saints. One day, the confessor of St. Faustina, Father Michael, said to his friend priest: I cannot understand, how this uneducated woman (St. Faustina), who finished only 3 classes of the primary school, and has no theological knowledge, is able to speak about the great mystery of God. The only answer is that she has some powerful faith in God.
The second example is St. John Maria Vianney, who was going to his parish of Ars. He lost his way, and asked a little boy: little boy, show the way to Ars, and I’ll show you the way to heaven. St. John Maria was another phenome of faith. That man had great problems with his studies in seminary. From the human point of view he was an ordinary person, but on the other side he brought a massive number of people to God.
These two lives of saints give us a great testimony of the power of faith which can bring us closer to God and bring more people to Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ, increase my faith. Amen.
Jezus mówił do tłumów: "Z królestwem Bożym dzieje się tak, jak gdyby ktoś nasienie wrzucił w ziemię. Czy śpi, czy czuwa, we dnie i w nocy, nasienie kiełkuje i rośnie, sam nie wie jak. Ziemia sama z siebie wydaje plon, najpierw źdźbło, potem kłos, a potem pełne ziarno w kłosie. Gdy zaś plon dojrzeje, zaraz zapuszcza sierp, bo pora już na żniwo". Mówił jeszcze: "Z czym porównamy królestwo Boże lub w jakiej przypowieści je przedstawimy? Jest ono jak ziarnko gorczycy; gdy się je wsiewa w ziemię, jest najmniejsze ze wszystkich nasion na ziemi. Lecz wsiane, wyrasta i staje się większe od innych jarzyn; wypuszcza wielkie gałęzie, tak że ptaki podniebne gnieżdżą się w jego cieniu". W wielu takich przypowieściach głosił im naukę, o ile mogli ją rozumieć. A bez przypowieści nie przemawiał do nich. Osobno zaś objaśniał wszystko swoim uczniom.
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