The imagery is simple. The word of God is like water, like a seed. Such is the image given in this Sunday’s first reading from Isaiah.
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Perhaps in reading this Sunday’s gospel, maybe you will think of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux too.
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It makes sense this Sunday’s readings basically remind us to get back to work.
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The Easter season ends with celebrating the Ascension, then Pentecost, and then the Most Holy Trinity. The order of these celebrations matters.
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Christ has risen from the dead and is now seated at the right hand of Father, and so too will we rise and ascend in Christ.
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“I am going to prepare a place for you,” Jesus said to his disciples (Jn 14:2). What did he mean?
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The resurrection of Jesus sets everything on its head.
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Do we desire Christ like that Samaritan woman, who is so like ourselves?
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Lent calls for a return to the basics.
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To understand what Jesus means by calling his disciples “the salt of the earth,” St. Augustine said that we should keep in mind the two immediately preceding verses.
