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One of the ways that the Scriptures show their depth is when the Holy Spirit gives different insights in different seasons of our lives. Previously, my reading of the parable of the sower Matthew focused most on the end of the parable.
Times changed, the world reeled out of its mind, and the parable has taken on a different tone for me. Instead of an exhortation, I read it as a warning. Rather than take joy in the abundant harvest of the fertile soil, I saw that the seed did Parable of the Sower survive in three of the four examples Jesus gave in the parables. This is not a descent into pessimism, but rather a wake-up call to the sins that we often miss in our lives. If there is no other message on my heart to communicate to whoever reads this, it is: wake up, Catholics! As evil accelerates in our world, time is running out to turn to Our Saving Lord.
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Parable of the Sower Our vital task now is to devote ourselves more fully to Jesus Christ, which necessarily involves turning away from sin. In that light, I think we can read the parable of the sower as an examination of conscience. As an examination of conscience, the first three types of ground named in the parable highlight sins, or states of the soul, that can be Parabpe to the Word of God. That is not a dark interpretation but a simple reading of the text, for each of these non-fertile types of ground result in the death of the seed.
The seed that fell on the path had no chance. Jesus gave us an explanation of this type of ground:. From the start, the path was not even disposed to receive the seed. Think of a well-worn dirt path. Many things lead to hardness of heart: pride, an unwillingness to change a habitual life of sin, and lukewarmness. In my experience, I think lukewarmness is the easiest to slip into; it usually involves a Parable of the Sower slipping away rather than a dramatic turning from God. I can verify that once a soul becomes tepid, it cares less about God. After that, pride and a habitual life of Parab,e often follow, since the enemy of our souls uses one foothold to advance to another. This very thing happened to me when I was in college.
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I wanted to have one foot in the world and one foot in the faith. I never had an instance where I formally turned Parable of the Sower, but I made different rules for different parts of my life. That resulted in conceding footholds to Satan that took years to undo. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit, the healing grace of God, and my beautiful wife broke up the hardened ground in my heart. Make the most of the precious time. Delay not—many a soul has been damned by delay.
The word of life waits not—if it is not appropriated by you, the devil will appropriate. He delays not, but has his eyes wide always and is ready to pounce down and carry off the gift which you delay to use. One of the myths of the secular world is that Parable of the Sower is no fun. God asks for everything, the world says, for the purpose of making life boring and sterile. This is the anthem of the thorns in the parable of the sower: faith does not really make us happy. This is a subtle lie that ensnares many of us at one time or another, myself included.
It takes half of a truth—God really does ask for everything from us—without the aid of grace and the promise of heaven.]
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