61.Wednesday - 3nd week: Parable of the Sower : Memory, Rich soil , Perception : The mystery
Through Baptism, the mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you.
To become rich soil that produces a hundredfold yield, honor God with your best.
A man after Gods heart knows how to please God. This turns to favor , and favor turns promise or blessing. The waiting period for a promise to fulfill is the preparation period to forging the character required to sustain the promise. This leads to intense purification process covering the full spectrum of human experience from suffering to triumph. This will make a heart meek and humble.
2 Samuel 7 2 David said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.
Jesus built a mystical house—the Church—as the Mystical Body of Christ, and the Lord established his royal throne forever. Through baptism, a Catholic is incorporated into this Mystical Body.
2 Samuel 7 : 5 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD: Is it you who would build me a house to dwell in?
7 As long as I have wandered about among the Israelites, did I ever say a word to any of the judges ,Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
9 I was with you wherever you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. And I will make your name like that of the greatest on earth.
11I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you.
12 I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He it is who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.
14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. If he does wrong, I will reprove him with a human rod and with human punishments;
Catholic baptism infuse sanctifying grace, which is the presence of God within the soul, which justifies the soul, removes original sin, and enables the baptized to live, act, and grow in the Kingdom of God.
A Catholic need to perceive what is within, rather than wandering outside like a prodigal son.
Mark 4:1 11 Jesus answered them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables, 12 so that ‘they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.