Letting the Seed of the Word Sink In A reflection on the Parable of the Sower by Fr. Simon Tugwell, O.P. Gods Word is addressed to us as we really are, not as we like to present ourselves; He speaks to our heart, not to our mask...God is not taken in by our polite little speeches. He knows us through and through, far better than we know ourselves. He hears what we are really saying; He listens to our heart. And if we would learn to keep company with Him, we must become the kind of people who are prepared to be heard and addressed at that deep level, which requires a great deal of honesty and humility. Then the Lord can really get hold of us, below the level of our deliberate control...As long as our religion remains at the level of our deliberate personality, it is bound to be a rather on-and-off affair. If we allow the Lord to get hold of us at the level of the heart, we shall become involved with God in spite of ourselves; there will be something in us undermining our self-built edifice of conceit and self-will, so that it will not be quite so easy for to go on forgetting God and His commands and promises at every critical moment.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:15:43 +0000
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