Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restWhen a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to him, he spoke in a parable.
… Read the restThe disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He
… Read the restOn that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
… Read the restJesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?
… Read the restOn another occasion Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down.
… Read the rest“Hear then the parable of the sower. The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time (Year I)
Hebrews 10:32-39; Mark 4:26-34
The Word through whom the world came to be knew his creation intimately (John 1:3). Earth, air, soil, and water that composed his own body were fashioned in the beginning by the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters (Genesis 1:2).… Read the rest