As Christians we have heard the parable of the sower: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold” (Matthew 13:3-8)
Now, what does this parable tells me today? What kind of disciple of Christ do I want to be? Am I like that seed that falls on the road, that hearing the word of God at mass, but once I leave the church, I am already judging my neighbor and forget the Gospel? Am I one of those who receive the word with joy, but as soon as my faith is questioned, I have doubts and walk away? Am I one of those who receive the teachings of Jesus Christ with enthusiasm, but the trivialities of the world do not allow me to practice them and I leave them aside? Or am I like that seed that falls on fertile ground, and that I bear fruit with my actions for the glory of the Lord a hundred, sixty or thirty times one?
Let us remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, “every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them.” (Matthew 7:17-20)
Let us always be fertile soil for the seed of the Gospel, let us proclaim the good news with our words and actions, so that we can be a tree that bears good fruit and that by that good fruit we are to be known.