+ This is a very familiar gospel passage. Whenever we hear it we always
are led to think of the seed sown rather than the one who is doing the sowing.
The seed may fall in a variety of ground samples, but the sower himself is also
worth considering. Who is it that is sowing? And what is it that he is trying
to plant.
We look to our first reading
today for possible answers here. A
prophet is a sower of seed, he is a distributer of the word of God to any
ears that will hear, to any person who will hear. Prophets have a daunting
task, but are usually the most ordinary of people. We see here Jeremiah being
called by God to speak to God’s people. He is but a mere lad and tries to get
out of it but arguing that he is just plain too young – he is afraid at the prospect
of going up against “nations and kingdoms to root up and to tear down, to
destroy and to demolish, to build and to plant.”
What becomes clear then, is
that God enters into a special relationship with his spokespersons, his sowers
of information, justice, and peace. And that everything indeed works out the
way it is supposed to. Some of the prophets are mistreated because of their
unsavory task, but all of them enjoy God’s comfort and protection.
May we be good sowers today –
instruments of God’s sowing that is – to all we meet – and remember that so
long as we do our part, the rest will be up to God’s grace – whether it takes
root or not. But we pray that it does – so much happiness and peace is at
stake.
We
will sing Lord, of your salvation: announced by the prophets!
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