Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
Jesus offered them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is smaller than all other seeds, but once it is fully grown, it is bigger
than any garden plant; like a tree, the birds come and rest in its branches.” He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast that a woman took, and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole mass of dough began to rise.” Jesus taught all these things to the crowds by means of parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. This fulfilled what
was spoken by the Prophet: I will speak in parables. I will proclaim things kept secret since the beginning of the world.
Reflection:
"We are impatient people."
Today’s parables all describe how the presence of God’s Kingdom can seem very slight or might even go unnoticed, and yet, its capacity to transform a person or a situation is immense, just as a small amount of yeast transforms the dough or a small seed becomes a tree to give birds shade and shelter. This change takes time, and so we need patience to see the effects of God’s grace at work in our lives. But we are impatient people. The Israelites have no patience, and so, while waiting for Moses to return from the mountain, they decide to make a god out of gold so that they can worship something they can see and control. They couldn’t even wait for Moses to return with the Law of God before rejecting the Lord and fashioning a calf of molten metal. If they didn’t have the patience to wait to receive the Law, they wouldn’t have the perseverance to see that Law bear fruit in their lives either. Do we have the patience to wait on the Lord and on his grace or are we too quick to forget his wonders?
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