It's the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time and our Sunday gospel today talks about the Parable of the Growing Seed found in Mark 4:26-34. Our Lord Jesus speaks to his disciples in parables so they ...

When his followers asked Jesus to increase their faith, he told them the parable of the mustard seed. Though it was the smallest of seeds, once sown the mustard plant sprang up and spread rapidly.

“What is the Kingdom of God like?” (Luke 13:18). Eph 5:22-33; Luke 13:18-21 Hear Then the Parable, a 1989 book by Bernard Brandon Scott, has long been my favorite source for understanding the ...

That’s the heart of the parable in today’s Gospel reading from Mark, comparing the kingdom of God to a tiny mustard seed. It’s a testament to small beginnings.

Today’s selection from Matthew 13 continues Jesus’ Parables Discourse. It contains two short parables—about a mustard seed and yeast—and a long parable with an allegorical interpretation ...

The teaching of Jesus - CCEA The parable of the growing seed (Mark 4: 26–29) Jesus tried to show people how to enter the Kingdom of God. His teachings were challenging in his own time, and to ...

Because, to me, the play wasn't about whether or not Father Flynn was guilty. Just like the parable of the mustard seed isn't about gardening. Instead, ... you are taking a step away from God, ...

The teaching of Jesus - CCEA The parable of the mustard seed (Mark 4: 30–32) Jesus tried to show people how to enter the Kingdom of God. His teachings were challenging in his own time, and to ...

Jesus' Parable of the Mustard Seed, with its imagery of a seed growing into a plant big enough for birds to perch in, is often seen as foretelling the growth of Christianity.