Homily for the Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

The Parable of the Sower challenges us to comprehend the ways of God and human nature and urges us to look deep into ourselves to know how we must live to grow closer to God and His kingdom. The Parable of the Sower invites us to ask ourselves what soil we are like.

Some would say that we are like all of them. Perhaps there are different areas of our lives where we have opened ourselves to the movement and grace of God more than in other areas.

Let us pray that we may open our minds, hearts, and souls to become like that fertile soil where the seed of God’s grace may take root and thrive and produce great fruit in our lives and in the life of heaven.