This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, June 13th is from Mark 4:26-34.
“Jesus said to the crowds: ‘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 through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how’ . . . He said, ‘To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.’”
“Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to grains of wheat grown in fertile soil. They are fruits of the earth, of human labor. Stalks of wheat grow from the soil, the grain is harvested by farm laborers and made into bread by bakers. The kingdom of God is built up by many of us together by the work of our hands.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Summer 2021
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 2 Cor 6:1-10; Matt 5:38-42
Tuesday 2 Cor 8:1-9; Matt 5:43-48
Wednesday 2 Cor 9:6-11; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
Thursday 2 Cor 11:1-11; Matt 6:7-15
Friday 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Matt 6:19-23
Saturday 2 Cor 12:1-10; Matt 6:24-34