From the Word of the Day
“This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.”
Mark 4: 26-27
How should we live this Word 
Jesus is an amazing teacher. He uses every means available to teach and deepen the faith of His disciples so that they may accomplish the mission with Him. Today He tells two parables. In the first, the sower scatters the seed on the land. It grows day and night and reaches maturity, not by the sower’s efforts, but by the power of God’s love.
In the second parable, the Kingdom is compared to a mustard seed that is small but once planted in the ground it becomes a huge bush capable of receiving many birds in its shadow.
The missionary work of the disciples follows this pattern. The disciple proclaims the Word without knowing where and how it will be received. Only God knows. Sometimes the disciple’s intervention seems very little, of no account. Yet, if it is received at the right moment by the right person, the Word, spoken or witnessed to, is pondered inside the person. It then becomes a power that embraces and involves the entire life of the person and reaches out to others. This is holiness of life lived totally in God. This is the marvelous power of the Word in the human heart.
Today in my pause for silent contemplation, I will re-read these two parables seeking to understand the logic of the seed that grows in my life.
Lord Jesus, sow in me the seed of Your Word and let it root deeply in my heart so that I may love You totally and produce fruit abundantly in the community where I live.
The voice of St. John Bosco, Apostle of Young People
I would like everyone to stop a moment tomorrow to reflect on this. What have I done for my soul in the past? How am I in the presence of God? What do I want to do for the future?
