HE WHO HAS EARS,
LET HIM HEAR
(Mark 4:1-20)
The Lord speaks and will not stop
speaking. Do we have ears to hear him? Have we the listening ears the Lord
expects from us. He speaks to us through His word, He speaks to us through our
consciences, He speaks to us through life experiences, He speaks to us through
signs and symbols, He speaks to us through our fellow human beings, He speaks
to us every day of our life. In the
Gospel today as He taught with the parable of the sower, He said: "He who
has ears, let him hear".
Do we hear what the Lord has to
say to us? What's the Lord telling you
through that hard times you're undergoing? What is God telling you through that
accident you survived? What is God
telling you in that your nagging wife? What can the Lord be saying through that
your drunk husband? What could God be saying through that stubborn child of
yours? What is the Lord telling you from that heartless superior of yours? What
is the Lord saying when you're surrounded only by thorns and sorrows? What will
the Lord be saying when temptations and heartbreaks have become the loudest
voices you hear.
Dear Child of God, tell yourself
under these circumstances: "I will hear what the Lord God has to
say". O yes! Long to hear it. That's the action with which we should
respond to the divine expectation: "Let Him hear".
A lot of things come to block our
ears from paying attention to what the Lord is saying and doing in our lives.
Many challenges distance us from God, making us less attentive to his word. We
have ear, let us hear. Our ears were opened at baptism through the 'epheta'
rites. Let's not listen to the devil. Let's not listen to social media, let's
not listen to the flesh, let's not listen to the world. Let's not listen to bad
friends. May we listen only to God.
LET US PRAY
Thank You Jesus for calling us
out of the reason of Eve's fall. Thank You for saving us from drifting away.
Let not the sweet coated words of the devil, the world and the flesh pull us
away from You. We want to hear Your voice of wisdom, of peace, of love and of
fruitfulness. As we continue to hear this word, may we be rewarded with life
everlasting and live with You for ever and ever. Amen.
God bless your Wednesday (3rd
Week, Ordinary Time, Yr B)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
Image from: Prayer based on Jesus’ Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8) | Revlisad.com
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