rain. dirt. seeds. birthing
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15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeA reflection by Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSCTRANSCRIPT
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Rain. Dirt. Seeds. Birthing15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
By. Fr. Joseph Jablonski, MSC
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart USA Province305 S. Lake Street, PO Box 270 Aurora, IL 60507 (630) 892-2371 [email protected]
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Today’sreadings seemto be prettyobviousespecially sinceJesus himselfexplains theparable.
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So then, do we justsit back and thinkabout how plantsgrow?
I don’t think so.
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If anything,today’s readingsare trying to getus out of ourheads in order todo somethingreal in our lives.
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If I just do ananalysis of whatkind of soil I amand then moveon with some goodintentions,probably nothingwill change in mylife.
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Although we all agree that rain and snow aregood for the ground,
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we usually we try to avoid them and stayindoors.
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Getting wet is uncomfortable.
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God’s wordis not tomake uscomfortableandcomplacent
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but rather to stir up in us new life.
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Dirt by its nature is messy, not bad, just like our lives.
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Working to clear out impurities and weeds andgive nutrients and air to dirt make it good soil.
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Words like:–uprooting, –sifting,–moving around &–displacing
sound good for soilbut again,discomforting ifapplied to our lives.
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Seeds have to be buried in the dark of thesoil and give-up everything to become onewith it in order to sprout new life.
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Entering into the darkness of our lives andquietly waiting there to be one with God whoturns darkness into light and death into life isvery discomforting and scary.
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Any mother will tellyou about givingbirth anddiscomfort.
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Moving out of mycomfort zone to allowthe seed of God’sword to grow is thechallenge of today’sreadings.
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Let’s try to DO somethingdifferent todaythat is not comforting butdoes encouragelife…new life.
© mipan – Fotalia.com
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We are called to bemore than a pottedplant in a secureenvironment.
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We are called to grow in the wilds of lifebut deeply rooted in God.
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Photo Credits• Slide 1: Fresh Grass, by Petr Kratochvil via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 2: Hermanoleon Clipart• Slide 3: Yucca Plant, by Petr Kratochvil via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 4: Socrates and Plato, via Wikimedia Commons• Slide 5: Soil, by By Mesaytsegaye (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons• Slide 6: Rain drops on Grass, by Michele Walters via
PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 7: Rain On Window 2, by Mikaela Dunn, via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 8: Animals Wet Dog, by Michele Walters, via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 9: Cushions, by Shiftchange from Wikimedia Commons• Slide 10: Photo by Brother Joe Tesar, MSC, member of the Missionaries of
the Sacred Heart, United States Province• Slide 11: Soil Texture, by Petr Kratochvil via PublicDomainPictures.net
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Photo Credits• Slide 12: Photo by Brother Joe Tesar, MSC, member of the Missionaries of
the Sacred Heart, United States Province• Slide 13: Soil, by By Mesaytsegaye (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons• Slide 14: Sunflower Seed, by Anna Cervova via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 15: Brown Background, by Sharon Apted via
PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 16: Mother Kissing Baby by DaydreamsGirl via istockphoto.com• Slide 17: Sprouting, by Peter Griffin via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 18: Pushing out of hands, © Sveta via istockphoto.com• Slide 19: © mipan – Fotalia.com• Slide 20: Tiny Plant, by Jean Sander via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slide 21: Wildflowers, by David Wagner via PublicDomainPictures.net• Slides 22 and 23: Fresh Spring Background, by Peter Kratochvil via
PublicDomainPictures.net