6/17/18: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time: How to Grow the Seed of Faith

A lot of Jesus's parables involve the seed, which is a very helpful metaphor. A seed itself is small, plain, seemingly worthless and lifeless. Yet if the seed is placed in an environment conducive to growth, a miracle happens: the skin bursts and a shoot sprouts from within. What seemed dead has not given place to life! The same is true with our faith, which starts out small, humble, invisible: The seed planted in our hearts at baptism. The seed remains only that if it is not placed an a conducive environment. This is helpful information for parents, that they would make this a priority. And for us adult Christians too, that we would not merely strive for the "minimum" in living out our faith, but to strive for excellence by giving our own seed of faith an environment most conducive to growth.