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  • Why Would God Sow Seeds He Knows Will Bear No Fruit? – Pondering the Parable of the Sower

    07/26/2013 9:30:56 AM PDT · by NYer · 34 replies
    Archdiocese of Washington ^ | July 25, 2013 | Msgr. Charles Pope
    We are reading the parable of the Sower in Daily Mass. Someone asked me a question: Since the sower is the Son of Man, Jesus himself, why would the Lord, who knows everything ahead of time, sow seed he knew would not bear fruit?First, let’s review the text:“A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and...