Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Burning weeds

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 7-24-2021 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Matthew 13:24-30

Friends, our Gospel today is the parable of the wheat and the weeds. God sows his good seed, his word, his love and compassion, but his project is met with opposition. And the evil is such that it insinuates itself right into the very fabric of the good.

In classical theology, we speak of evil as a privatio boni, a privation of the good, meaning that evil is always and everywhere parasitic on the good. Just as a parasite is living off of the healthy body (and thereby weakening it), so moral evil lives off of the good soul, the good society, the good Church (and thereby weakens them).

What is the result? That it is exceptionally difficult to extricate the evil from the good without damaging the good. That’s why it is extremely difficult—and often counterproductive—to go after these evils with a crusading spirit.

To be sure, there are certain evils that simply have to be addressed—right now, no questions, no hesitations. But there are other evils (and they really are evil) that are best left alone for the time being, lest more damage is done in the process of extricating them.

[MurphsLaw]

Then, having sent certain young men of
the children of Israel
to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice
young bulls
as peace offerings to the LORD,
Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls;
the other half he splashed on the altar.
Taking the book of the covenant, he read
it aloud to the people,
who answered, “All that the LORD has
said, we will heed and do.”
Then he took the blood and sprinkled it on
the people, saying,
“This is the blood of the covenant
that the LORD has made with you
in accordance with all these words of
his.”

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[Marchmain]

OK, so name them, which are the sins to be directly addressed, and which ones are ‘best left alone’? Where does a ‘crusading spirit’ do harm?

[MurphsLaw]

Thats a good question...one whose answers constantly change with age I guess...
Lord knows there are plenty of weeds growing right now.... but which ones are gonna have to wait for the harvest to burn?
..imagine your one of the Apostles trying to figure that out... frustrated with Jesus, lol, you can see them saying - "dang it... no more parables- give it to us straight!!!

Jesus would probably reply....
"you guys have to figure it out...thats why I speak in parables in the first place !"