Friends, we are reading during these weeks of summer from the thirteenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, which contains many of the great parables of Jesus. But I want to focus just on one today because it’s so rich both theologically and spiritually: the parable of the wheat and the weeds. Jesus’ story shows us how evil, by its very nature, is a corruption of the good. It is a parasite—and we need requisite care and patience in dealing with it.
Mass Readings
- Reading 1 – Wis 12:13, 16-19
- Psalm – Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16
- Reading 2 – Rom 8:26-27
- Gospel – Mt 13:24-43