Thursday, July 25, 2013

16th Week, Ordinary Time, Friday, 26-07-13

Exodus 20:1-17 / Matthew 13:18-23

We might have heard of this phrase: Put your money where your mouth is.

It means to support something that you believe in, especially by giving money, or to do something rather than to just talk about it.

Yes, to talk about something is one thing. To talk about it with commitment especially when that commitment is expressed by putting money or something valuable into it is quite another thing.

In the 1st reading, we heard the Lord speaking with all those words. Those are not just words but they are, as it is called, the 10 Commandments.

We usually understand the word "commandments" as laws that we must adhere to and obey, failing which we will be punished.

Yet, when God gave those 10 Commandments, He has put His commitment into His words.

His Word will be made flesh in Jesus and He will dwell among us and show us how to live out God's word.

Jesus came into this world to sow God's Word so that we will have life to the full and bear a harvest for God's kingdom.

Whether our hearts are rocky and thorny or fertile and docile, Jesus continues to sow His Word into our hearts.

May our hearts be open to God's Word so that from the rich harvest of our hearts, our mouths will proclaim the Good News of the kingdom of God.