Daughters of St Paul | Daily Gospel Reflections

  Gospel Mt 13:31-35   Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. "The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches." He spoke to them another parable. "The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened." All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world. Reflections : Mustard is a small seed, but when it is grown it becomes a mighty tree. Those who think that the savior will come in might and power could think again, because what they see in the Son of God, one with humility, simplicity