There is such a familiar accessibility to the stories Jesus tells and today’s Gospel is a classic instance of this - the way grain grows as metaphor for how the Word of God takes root and grows among those drawn to hear it and accept it. Today’s gospel has so much common sense in it, and you can almost imagine yourself in Jesus’ presence, listening to hat he is saying and agreeing that what he is saying makes smooch sense, you can just see yourself nodding and saying “yes, I want my faith to be that simple and my YES to God to be that complete” that I can move more deeply into my companionship with Jesus.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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