MONDAY 17TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR II
Jeremiah 13:1-11, Matthew
13:31-35
SMALL BEGINNINGS
Most times in life, many of us do
not take what looks small and ordinary to be serious. The bigger a thing, the
more likely it is to get attention. Many people have shared experiences of how
what they have overlooked and thought will not survive, became a source of
their survival. Jesus for example, was not taken serious as a child, many
people looked at him as a small insignificant boy until he grew up and started
his public ministry.
In the gospel reading of today,
Jesus gives us parables to illustrate how what we need to make heaven look
small and insignificant but no one can do without them. Those who know mustard
seed can testify that it is the smallest of all seeds, but it's tree when it
grows is a very big one that all the birds of the air find shelter. Those who
bake will also understand that a flour looks so ordinary, but when it is
leavened with yeast, it produces a big food.
This is also what the Christian
faith is all about. Jesus and his Apostles started preaching about the kingdom
of God as if it was a joke, but today, it is the greatest reality we face.
In the first reading of today,
God illustrates through the prophet Jeremiah how those who do not take the word
of God serious will get rotten and become good for nothing. Let us take the
things around us serious, no matter how small, humble and insignificant they
seem. We can never tell where our salvation will come from. God help us. Amen.
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
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