Fertile
Soil
Man Turning Over the
Soil
Jean-François Millet, about 1847–50
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
If facts are the
seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom,
then the emotions
and the impressions of the senses
are the fertile soil
in which the seeds must grow.
~ Rachel
Carson
A pessimist sees the
difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty.
~ Winston
Churchill
Angel and Vicki and I had a
picnic on Sunday. BUT ... just as we arrived at our
picnic
spot, the heavens opened
and we ended up having our picnic on my dining table.
YUM!!!
Our Wednesday Breakfast
Group had a gorgeous morning to drive to Silver Plume
to have breakfast at
the English Tea Room. This is Sarah, the owner.
Kathi, Carmon,
David
Lynne, Beth, Deborah,
Karel
Our Rotary Club had a
serious time on Friday morning.
We were visited
by four members of the SIFA Africa Children's Choir from
Uganda.
The children are all
orphans, most of whose parents died of AIDS.
More Hawaii
pictures:
We enjoyed having lunch on
Waikiki Beach ...
... but we preferred
finding more deserted beaches.
Vicki is waving to
you!
Here is Vicki again on a
beach with more people
than the last one,
but still not like
Waikiki.
On many days it was hazy
... the VOG, from the volcano.
It's what each of us
sows, and how,
that gives to us
character and prestige.
Seeds of kindness,
goodwill, and human understanding,
planted in fertile
soil, spring up into deathless friendships,
big deeds of
worth, and a memory that will not soon fade.
~ George Matthew
Adams
July 13, 2008
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Explaining the Parable of the
Sower:
-Sower-(he who preaches the word)
-Seed (the word of God)
-Soil (He who hears the word)
-Way side soil (Hears but does not understand)
-Rocky or stony soil (hears word but has no
root)
-Thorny soil (hears but word choked by cares of the
world)
- Good soil (Hears word and it produces fruit)
http://home.twcny.rr.com/lyndale/Pentecost%209A.htm
The Parable of the
Sower
3And he told them many
things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the
birds came and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on rocky
ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since
they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose,
they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.
7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up
and choked them. 8Other seeds fell on good soil and
brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9Let anyone with ears
listen!"
Matthew 13:1-9,
18-23
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
18"Hear then the parable of the sower.
19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does
not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the
heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20As for
what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and
immediately receives it with joy; 21yet such a person
has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution
arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.
22As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one
who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the
word, and it yields nothing. 23But as for what was
sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who
indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and
in another thirty."
Genesis 25:19-34
Psalm
119:105-112
Romans 8:1-11
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
