Good Soil

In an effort to yield healthier plants and larger harvests, farmers supplement their farmland with fertilizers (in some countries, the manure gathered in the pits of barn from the cows feeding above).  Even house plants benefit from a monthly dose of "miracle grow" or some other supplement.  Conscientious growers want the BEST soil for their plants.
Our spiritual life demands even more attention:  Don't we wish for the Word of God to fall on the Good soil of our hearts, the best soil?  We nave a natural revulsion for rocks and weeds in our gardens, and even more so in the gardens of our hearts. The  spiritual fertilizers abound...Mass, Adoration, the Sacrement of Reconciliation, the Rosary, meditation, spiritual reading, and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.  With such additives to our soil, we will yield the harvest of the famed "hundred fold."  Let's not waste time but begin (or continue) today to fertilize the good soil within.
 Bro. Rene