Flourishing where we are planted

‘…Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop.’  (Matthew 13:8)

Matthew 13:1-23 (Year A: Trinity+4)

The parable of the sower is frequently cited to incite openness to the Word. From among the worries, cares, hardness and back-sliding the story urges us to be like fertile soil – open, ready, receptive and active. But there is another take on this. Perhaps we feel that we are planted in a very stony place at this time and in this place? And we feel trapped there. The story of the sower urges us to think again. We may be called to thrust down deep roots where we are. And miracles can happen in the ordinary.