Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time

January 24, 2024, Mark 4:1-20

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012424.cfm

Life Is Not A Daydream.

Suffering seems like such a waste of time and energy. It can be an illness, a tragedy of some description. I know I have had my share of hospitals, surgeries, time off work, and everything else. My joints keep giving out on me.

I find comfort and even strength in the Parable of the Sower. The interaction between the seed and good mother earth is incredible. Even if it is fertile, the ground can do nothing alone, and neither can the seed. But a little miracle occurs when the seed is planted in the ground.

It is what happens when the Father places His Son in a relationship with us. The fruits it bears are remarkable after the growth period of weeding, watering, and fertilizing. How blessed we are to be in that fertile ground. If you fear you are not but perhaps are on a rocky or thorny path, please know that underneath all that mess is fertile ground.

The discipline of the Lord is the saving Passion of Jesus. He comes with the plow of His Cross and digs up all that is choking and killing His love for you.

Gospel Challenge:

Should you experience that cross, don’t resist it. Have hope. Take courage. The sower will let His Son suffer for you until He hits the fertile ground. Amen.

Love Your Neighbor: Please join me in praying for all baptized Catholics to be faithful to Jesus in the Holy Mass every weekend. Hail Mary, full of grace…

Mother Mary, “I am yours now and forever. Through you and with you, I always want to belong completely to Jesus.” The Surrender Novena – InHeartland. https://inheartland.com/pages/the-surrender-novena

Peace be with you.

Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C. pastor@bscchurch.com