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Your Mustard Seed Story
3 min
Gospel
Mk 4:26-34
And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground,and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knowsnot how. The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in theear. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shallwe use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, isthe smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes thegreatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can makenests in its shade.”
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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Transcript
Your Mustard Seed Story
Welcome back to Radical
& Relevant, where each day we come to the gospel of the day looking for
guidance, looking for direction, looking to be challenged, looking to be encouraged, to
listen to the Word of God. Today's reading is from the gospel of Mark 4:26-34. "And
Jesus said, 'The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground and goes
to sleep and rises night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, but he knows not
how. The earth produces of itself. First the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in
the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once, he puts in the sickle because the harvest
has come.' And Jesus said, 'With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable
shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the
earth, is the smallest of all the seeds. Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes
the greatest of all trees and puts forth large branches so that the birds of the air can
make nests in its shade.' With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them as they
were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately, to his
own disciples, he explained everything."
What is it that jumps out at
you? And we've got the mustard seed. I love a good underdog story. I love a good
underdog movie where you've got this mustard seed of a person who just rises up and God
just uses them, gives them incredible talent, just helps them rise up. We love stories
like that. And sometimes we feel small, we feel overwhelmed, we feel like the underdog.
And we have to draw strength from the mustard seed in those moments, the realization
that God can do great things with little things. God can do great things with little
things. Question is, what is God hoping to do with you in this season of your life? What
is God hoping to do with you in this season of your life? Let's take that question into
our day for reflection. Let's take that question in our day for meditation. What is God
hoping to do with you in this season of your life? And will you cooperate? Will you
collaborate with God? Have a great day. And remember, Be Bold, Be Catholic.
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