SUNDAY, ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
SUNDAY, ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Ez 17:22-24; Ps 92:2-3,13-16; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34 HOW DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD GROW? Nature is a wonderful teacher. Albert Einstein, the renowned scientist, said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” The earth, sky, fields, lakes, rivers, mountains and the seas are excellent teachers and communicate to us far more than we can learn from any books. Jesus loved nature very much. Jesus made great use of examples from nature. All through his teaching ministry, Jesus presented various examples, metaphors and symbols from nature to explain the Kingdom of God. This we can also observe in the Gospel today. Jesus narrates two brief stories which are part of everyday life – that of “the seed that grows by itself”, an...