Sermon based on the parable of the man who sowed good seed (Resumed 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Matt 13:24-30) - Our Lord is using a very simple example to teach us something about the spiritual life. It is interesting that Our Lord so often uses examples of things that are alive to talk about the spiritual life. Whether he’s talking, in this case, about those who are good and those who are evil, they are both something planted, something which grows.