"He put before
them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who
sowed good seed in his field, but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and
sowed weeds among them and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore
grain, then the weeds appeared as well.” …..But he replied, No: for in
gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them
grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time, I will tell the reapers, collect
the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat
into my barn."
Father Patrick Fitzpatrick mentioned that “mass-going”
and “right-living” must go hand in hand. The message of the parable in the
gospel is “Do not uproot the weeds among the wheat and permit them to grow
together.” We are invited to contemplate whether we should excommunicate unwanted
persons in the society, expel bad students from school or get rid of others.
Can we learn from these people or find a place for them? Let us grow together, take
and sort them out at harvest time and let live for now.
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