7.27.14

Lectio: : Mt 13.31-35                

Meditatio: "He proposed to them another parable. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened’.” Mt 13.33

Oratio: O God, You bring about great things from virtually nothing.

I remember Jesus likened the kingdom to a yeast that a woman kneaded into flour and the whole batch became light and airy through the action of the tiny spores indicating that the kingdom has a virtually imperceptible beginning but produces great growth thanks to the action of the yeast.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "kingdom...like...yeast”; metaphor reminds listeners that the kingdom’s beginning is virtually imperceptible but it grows into something quite large. In prayer seek the grace to open to the Spirit so that you may have the same effect on the growth of the kingdom that a spore of a yeast has and God will be pleased.

Tomorrow's reading: Jn 11.19-27