Today we examine a parable in which Jesus is sharing how something that starts out extremely small can become exponentially large. He shares while a mustard seed is the smallest seed it is the "greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree." Father Swann compared this to bread making and how a little yeast and flour expand to make a much larger dough than when originally mixed. We were reminded that we should reconsider how we think of wealth and how our concern for others should be a priority. We are to live our lives as though we are following a Christ that crucified was on the cross for us with passion and mercy. "We are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Amen.
Collect :
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(1st Reading I Kings 3:5-12, Psalm 119:129-136, 2nd Reading Romans 8:26-39, Holy Gospel Saint Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52)
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