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Birds, messengers of God |
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- The mustard seed is so minute that it crumples into powder
in your hands. Yet Jesus chose this seed for a parable about
the kingdom of heaven.
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When this seed, barely visible, was fully grown, this plant
food became a big tree. So that 'birds from the sky, made their
nests in its branches.' as it is said by Mathew (13, 31) and
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These birds that fly in the sky, fill the horizon, come to
rest in the branches, peck and carry the seeds and bring lightness
with some breath of air. They invite us to fly. They evoke the
kingdom of God. |
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Then, Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to the yeast that
a woman mixes in the flour until the whole batch of dough rises.
The yeast mixed with the flour becomes undistinguishable and
disappears to allow the paste to take shape and to acquire its
full flavour. Man's action is usually more apparent, he is the
one who sows and harvests the crop, woman's work is usually less
visible, more private, the yeast she mixes with the flour does
not leave any trace.
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Shall we just welcome this God's kingdom or shall we build
it? In a modest way of course, in every details of everyday life,
like we bury the mustard seed or the yeast into three measures
of flour.
It depends on us, humans, to built a world where birds, messengers
of heaven, could nest, a world where God's ferments could raise
the paste and could give it its full development. |
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- A world where the powerful force of love could reign at
the measure of God. That would be the meaning of the Lord's Prayer
'That kingdom comes'!
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Jesus is amazed by the faith of the Centurion or of the Channahon
woman. If you had faith as big as a mustard seed, nothing will
be impossible for you, as it is said in Math. 17, 20. |
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We are in a time when many think that by our own strength,
thanks to the human capabilities, the universe will gradually
conquer its true achievement. However, for the believers, they
detect in the heart of our developing world, a divine ferment,
a loving presence that brings hope without removing anything
from our full responsible freedom. |
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It is essential that these two approaches of the mystery of
the human condition exist and collaborate together with the same
purpose of making the world a better and more human place to
live. |
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