July 19, 2020
Di Sixteenth Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings for Today
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Jesus tell di crowd another parable. E talk say: “We fit compare di kingdom of heaven to one man wey plant good seed for im farm. As everybody dey sleep, im enemy come plant weeds among di wheat for di whole farm, then e comot. When di crops grow and begin bear fruit, di weeds come show too.” Matthew 13:24-26
Di beginning of dis parable suppose open our eyes to di truth say di wicked one dey among us. Wetin di “enemy” do for dis parable dey troubling. Imagine say dis story really happen and na you be di farmer wey work very hard to plant seed for your whole farm. Then, if you wake up hear say dem don plant weeds there too, you go feel plenty sorrow, vex and disappointment.
But dis parable na especially about di Son of God. Na Jesus plant di good seed of Im Word, and na Im Precious Blood E use water di seed. But di wicked one, wey be devil, don dey work too, dey try to spoil di work of our Lord.
Again, if dis na true story about you as farmer, e go hard to hold yourself make you no vex well-well and want revenge. But di truth be say Jesus, wey be God and di Sower, no dey allow di wicked one steal Im peace. Instead, E don allow wetin di wicked one do to remain for now. But for di end, dem go destroy di works of evil and burn dem for fire wey nothing fit quench.
Another thing wey catch attention be say Jesus no dey uproot all di evil for our world here and now. As di parable talk, E hold back so that di good fruit of di Kingdom no go suffer harm. For another way to talk am, dis parable show us dis truth wey catch attention: di “weeds” all around us, wey mean di evil wey dey active for our world, no fit stop us from growing for virtue and entering di Kingdom of God. We fit need to endure evil every day, and sometimes e fit surround us, but as our Lord dey willing to allow evil for now, na clear sign say E know say e no fit stop us from growing for virtue if we no allow am.
Today, reflect on di truth say evil dey for your world. E dey important make you call evil work wetin e really be. But for di end, evil no fit harm you. And di wicked one, even with all im wicked attacks, go face defeat for di end. Reflect on di hope wey dis truth dey bring, and renew your trust for di power of God today.
Lord, I pray make You truly deliver all of us from di wicked one. Make we dey free from im lies and traps, and make we always fix our eyes on You, our Shepherd wey be God. I turn to You for everything, dear Lord. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Image: Parable of di sower by Marten van Valckenborch
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