Another set of parables describing the kingdom are in today’s gospel. For some the world situation, the cultural practices seem to make our faith difficult beyond living. There are so many moral and ethical practices in our contemporary world that seem to stand as challenges to our faith, that seem to make our faith "out of touch." Even the Ten Commandments seem to be a "threat" to the thinking and living of many Christians and many Catholics.
How many have taken it upon themselves to be judge and jury of how they live their lives?
How many have taken it upon themselves to be judge and jury of how they live their lives?
Today’s first reading, Moses’ encounter with the people when he returned from the mountain with the two tablets from God to find that the people had decided for themselves who they would worship — this might indeed be what is happening in our times. Just revisit the moral and ethical issues of our day: how often they are direct challenges to the tenets of our faith.
Back to the mustard seed. One small seed becomes something so much larger tha its beginning. That can be our faith experience if we are willing to practice our faith, to pray our faith, to understand our faith ... to be humble enough to recognize that God is the creator of all that we are and all that we should be.
The greatest awareness gift is that even "one mustard seed" of faith can become for us a magnificent creation that invites others to come and be a part of our lives.
The greatest awareness gift is that even "one mustard seed" of faith can become for us a magnificent creation that invites others to come and be a part of our lives.
And this is for me one of the wonders of priesthood ... in my own struggles to be what God wants and expects of me, I find so many who are on the same path and who are models for me. Models of faith, models of holiness. This is the greatness of the kingdom of God that you and I live in.
