Sunday, June 10, 2018


A Poem a Sunday
Proper 6B/Ordinary 11B/Pentecost 4
June 17, 2015


St. Mark 4:26-34 - NRSV

The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

The Use of Parables
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; 34 he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

A Poem a Sunday
Pentecost 4 – B

“Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, God is in this person’s life. You can, you must try to seek God in every human life. Although the life of a person is a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. ”
 ― Pope Francis

This seed,
a mere speck
tossed into
the abyss
held the
universe.

This seed,
nurtured
within
a womb
held
a Divine Promise.

This seed,
sprouting
into a weed
becomes
a refuge
for birds.

This seed,
grows
while
the farmer sleeps
becomes wheat
and bread
for 5,000.

This seed,
holds the
Kingdom
ready to blossom
into a tree
from Eden
with leaves
for the healing
of the nations.

Copyright @ 2018 by Kenn Storck
May be used with permission
kennstorck@gmail.com

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