2 Sm 11: 1-4a. 5-10a. 13-17/ Ps 51: 3-4. 5-6a. 6bcd-7. 10-11/ Mk 4: 26-34The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed... (Mk 4: 31)
There once stood a strong and mighty oak tree which withstood many a storm. It was confident that there was nothing that would bring it down. But down it fell when a small beetle made hollow the trunk. King David who brought down mighty empires fell in the eyes of Yahweh, when he coveted Uriah's wife and had Uriah murdered. The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a mustard seed: smallest seed but gives rise to the biggest shrub. In our spiritual life, it is not the big things that matter most, but the petty and tiny things that make the difference.
Sanctity consists in doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way (St Theresa of Lisieux and Don Bosco)
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