Wednesday 24 July 2024
St Sarbel Makhlouf
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10. I will sing of your salvation – Psalm 70(71):1-6, 15, 17. Matthew 13:1-9.
Some seed fell on rocky ground
‘Do tell us, Sower, why you cast
your seed on thorns and rocky ground,
instead of saving it for fertile soil,
with greater productivity?’
‘But if my seed on fertile soil
alone does fall, will rocky you
be ever able to care for it
and so provide a modest crop?’
‘Good Sower, throw your precious seeds
in bucket-loads upon my rock
that some may germinate and grow
and yield more seed for you to sow.’
