+ Jesus, today, in this gospel passage gives his own homily! I cannot presume to trump that; except for encouraging you to hear Jesus' parable and explanation and decide in your heart that you want to put it into practice; that you want your right-relationship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to shine like the sun not only in the Kingdom to come, but also right here on earth: so that not only you, but all others can find your way there! You can get there, from here – with the help of the amazing Light of Christ: the Light of his Spirit, the Love of his Divine Friendship!
In the first reading today, Moses has his hands full with the unruly, stubborn people of God. God promises to be merciful to them as they keep sinning against him; but he also tells them that he must be just, and he must punish those who willfully disobey him and set out on their own course in life! And he has done it in the past, he does it now, and will do it in the future: he will be merciful to the ones who show mercy, he will forgive the ones who forgive others, he will give purity of heart to those who seek it; and to those who don't want it, who refuse it, who arrogantly reject it, they will suffer the pain, and the illness and the disease and eventually the death of the loss of Him and his Friendship – out of justice: they were warned – and they didn't believe he meant what he said – but He had no other choice in dealing with them!
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to him will live for ever!
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