Episode Transcript
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Beloved friends in Christ,
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Jesus is an expert in using the parables to teach the
mysteries of the kingdom of God to His audience.
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We hear three of these parables of the
kingdom of God in the Gospel today.
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The parable of the wheat and darnel - or tares
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apart from being the parable
about the kingdom of God,
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can also be a parable that
reveals the justice of God.
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In that story, the enemy who added
nothing but more work and distress
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to the servants of the owner of the farm,
literally walked away with no consequence
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while the angels of God were
called in to keep working
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for the building up and
rebuilding of the kingdom of God.
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This parable expounds the
justice of God as patient, mild
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and full of hope for a good outcome
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even when dealing with an enemy.
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We are called to be witnesses
of the kingdom of God wherever
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where the wheat of love, peace, joy, justice,
healing, truth, hope and light are planted.
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However, we are cautioned
that there are no guarantees
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that the seeds of the kingdom
will grow unperturbed,
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and this kingdom is not immune
to the activities of the devil
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who goes around planting the darnels of hate, war,
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sadness, injustice, injury,
error, despair and darkness.
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As children of the kingdom of God, let us pray
and act like St Francis, in his Peace Prayer,
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in order to avoid the temptation of
either acting rashly or sowing bad seeds
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that will cause distress and pain to
other children of the kingdom of God.
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Peace be with you.
