Sunday 16 July 2023 (’08) : 15thSUNinORDINARY : A
1. IS55:10-11!
Challenging analogy between FruitfulRain, &SimilarExpectations-from-YAHWEH’s Word! But ‘TheEarth’ that Word falls-on, may not as receptive as ‘ground-is-to-water’…
2. PS64:10-14!
To produce its meat&wheat, even TheEarth needs the co-presence of many factors!
3. ROM8:18-23!
At present, what is TheCreation actually ‘Giving-Birth’ to? Good, bad, or indifferent?
Paul himself is quite guarded&tentative, it seems, in relation to how it’s proceeding…
4. MT13:1-23!
Are Jesus’ remarks about the ‘dullness’ of the crowds a little elitist? Even the disciples need ‘explanation’! Is this paving the way towards TheDisciples’-Knowing-It-All?
RIDDLE
How can we ensure, in the local church,
that TheChristSeed-Falls-on-TheAptestGround?
Let all bathe alertly in the biblical stories!
Ensure that there are sufficient Exemplars-of-TheGoodSoil!
Realise that ‘Being-TheTrueChurch’ is only TheBeginnings-of-TheStruggle’!
Watch-out for CarelessSowers! TheBirds&TheThorns&TheWeeds!
Reflections and comments can be emailed to adbi@chokmah.ie