Check your Seed!
Wednesday, 8th week in Ordinary Time
1 Peter 1: 18-25; Mk 10: 32-45
A tree is known from its fruits, the Word reminds us! The Word today speaks of a similar reality. It presents to us two crops of people: one an old crop and the other a new crop, a newly born community of persons, born anew in the blood of Christ. The seed of the latter crop is the very blood of Christ! The Question is: which crop do you belong?
Jesus presents to us both the contrasting mentalities, the popular mentality of dominance and control and the Jesus mentality of service and collaboration. One will not fit in the other for they two are contrasting mentalities and the Lord wants us to make a choice and make it known!
Jesus is preparing his disciples today in the Gospel, to be a crop of the latter kind. Of course, he finds it tough but he does not mind it and he will never compromise on it. The same he expects from us - we better check our seed!