Sowing the Seed

Note:  Yesterday I received two slices of bread; I don't know how  that happened. I don't know if this was the case with everyone.  At any rate, here's today's slice.

Jesus gives us the familiar parable of the Sower and the Seed.   Interesting to note that the Sower continues throwing down the seed no matter where it lands: on rocky soil, among thorns or on rich soil.  These three stand for us, and no matter what our stance at the moment, Jesus will keep sharing the Word with us.  Examining our lives we might come to the conclusion that we have some clearing or tilling to do if we are to become productive soil in which the Word can take root.  With Lent on the horizon, this might be a good time to start looking at ways we might best use the 40 days to allow the seed to take root in our lives.   It might simply be a daily reading and reflection on a chapter from one of the Gospels, or a Psalms, a chapter of Proverbs, or one of the Epistles. It might be a daily Rosary, or a chapter in Matthew Kelly's book, Rediscover Jesus, or some other spiritual book.  If we let the opportunity slip, we are letting the rocks or the thorns prevail. Is that what we want?
Bro. Rene