Sunday 30 July 2017

Tuesday: 17th Week in Ordinary Time-A
I Reading: Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9.28: The Lord would speak to Moses face to face.
Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43: Just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time.
The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds Explained
This passage is the interpretation of the Wheat and Weeds (Mt 13:24-30).
1. The parable explained
a. Jesus was alone with his disciples
b. The disciples asked the meaning of the parable
2. The good seed
a. The sower: The Son of Man
b. The field: The world
c. The seed: The children of the kingdom
3. The bad seed
a. The seed: The children of the devil
b. The sower: The devil
4. The harvest
a. The day: The end of the world
b. The reapers: Angels
5. The reaping of the weeds
a. Symbolizing judgement
b. When: In the end of the world
c. Executed by angels
d. Who: Those in the kingdom
          1) who offend others
          2) who are lawless
e. The judgement: Fire and weeping
6. The reaping of the wheat
a. Identity: The righteous
b. Position: Glory in the kingdom
7. The strong call
Thought: The evil came out of the misuse of freedom and disobedience to God’s commandments.

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