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 <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>our Gospel for today is the parable of the sower and the seed</b></span>. It has 
to do with the growth and development of the kingdom of God. We hear 
that Jesus began to teach by the sea and that a very large crowd 
gathered around him. This is Jesus speaking to the whole world.</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">He
 then presents
the parable of the sower: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>A sower goes out to sow, and as he sows, some 
of the seed falls on the path, where the birds eat it up; some falls on 
rocky ground, where it is scorched in the sun; some falls among thorns, 
where its life is choked off; and some falls on rich soil, where it 
bears fruit—thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Keep in mind that <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus himself, in person, is <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the seed sown</span></b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Jesus is the Logos</b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic"> </span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>that
 wants to take root in us.</b></span> This seed is sown far and wide, through all 
sorts of means, but <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>in you, let the seed be sown deep, where it can’t <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">be
 stolen, scorched, or choked</span>.</b></span></span></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><br></div>
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