Parable of the Sower Archives

Why Isn’t My Faith Stronger?

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 12, 2020 | Put Out Into the Deep, Sundays | 0 |

“The Sower” by Jean-François Millet [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons We all know...

Let’s All Get In the Game

by Deacon Mark Danis | Aug 13, 2019 | Prayer / Spiritual Life, Spotlight | 0 |

“That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables,...

Nurturing the Gift of Faith

by Deacon Michael Bickerstaff | Jul 16, 2017 | Put Out Into the Deep, Sundays | 0 |

Have you ever struggled with your faith? Maybe you love God, but wonder why you don’t love Him more deeply and why that love does not seem to have a greater impact on your life. Maybe you are inspired by the lives of others you...

Sowing and Growing

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Jul 15, 2017 | Sundays | 0 |

The Parable of the Sower and the Seed needs to be viewed from two different perspectives in order...

The Double Message of The Sower and the Seed

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Jul 9, 2014 | Sundays | 0 |

I’ve always loved gardening. The seeds I’ve planted include carrot, cucumber and, of course,...

The Double Message – Parable of the Sower and the Seed

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Jul 8, 2011 | Sundays | 0 |

Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A); Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalms 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 or 13:1-9 I’ve always loved gardening. Seeds I’ve...

The Importance of Priestly Stability

by Msgr. Roger Landry | Jul 31, 2010 | General | 0 |

Toward the end of St. John Vianney’s life, as pilgrims flocked to Ars from all over France, they would leave marveling not only about having witnessed “God in a man,” as one contemporary described Vianney, but “God in a parish.”...