Fertile Ground

"The seed is the word of God. [...]As for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance." (Lk 8: 11,15). Don't we all like to see ourselves as the fertile soil from which comes abundant fruit? There's no reason why it cannot be. We have so much help from our community, from God's grace, from the desire deep in our hearts. "Where your heart is, there is your treasure" (Mt 6:21). For nearly 50 days we have been reflecting on the resurrection, on the victory over the powers of darkness, not just to fill up space, but to assure us that holiness is not only possible, but it is our call, it is what we should be striving for...or rather allowing God to work within us. God asks us to embrace the Word with a generous and good heart, all the rest flows from this.
Mary, who accepted the Word, embraced it with a generous and good heart, and brought forth the greatest of fruit, the Son of God, is the rich soil par excellence, but also our mother and the one who can help us cultivate the soil with which we were born and which was enhanced at our baptism. The angel Gabriel told her that "nothing was impossible with God". It certainly holds true for us as well. We can be fertile soil.
Bro. Rene