Today, the word of God draws us to meditate on the patience and mercy of our God.
The first reading described God as a caring God. It went further to praise God as a God of mercy and forgiveness. It highlights that God’s sovereign power over all things is the reason for his patience and kindness to all. Consequently, His patience allows sinners to repent and change their ways. God offers a path to redemption and provides time for transformation because He is compassionate and desires the conversion of sinners.
In the second reading, St Paul reminds us of our human weakness even in communicating with God. But thanks to the Spirit of God given us, who knows all our weaknesses and intercedes on our behalf. God, who knows our hearts, understands the Spirit’s intercession and responds according to His divine purpose.
In the gospel, Jesus tells us three parables. The parable of the wheat and darnel was most interesting to the disciples, which Jesus explained at their request. It tells us specifically about God’s patience with us and his permissive will, how he allows good and evil to coexist until the end of time to ensure that all the good is saved.
I feel particularly interested in the Sower’s comment: “Some enemy has done this.” It tells us that what God plants in us is good, but the evil one sows the seeds of evil. In His patience for the harvest of the world at the end, He awaits the good in us to mature and disposes of the evil.
God knows that the battle between good and evil rages in our lives. There are times when good and evil can be confused, and realities are muddled up. The word of God teaches us today to be patient so as not to make mistakes in judgment because, with time, we can distinguish everything by their fruits.