Ordinary Time, 16th Sunday (A) Catholic teaching is true and good and beautiful. When I live my life according to the truth, I bear good fruit. Others, however, are living for themselves and bearing bad fruit. Why doesn't God do something about it?

God has been watching and waiting patiently. He is confident that his harvesters will be able to sort the good from the bad. You can only tell the wheat from the darnel when the fruit appears. God is waiting to see what kind of fruit will appear. Perhaps we are the ones who most benefit from God's patience.

(23 July 2023)

Going Deeper: Consider reading the POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II ON THE VOCATION AND THE MISSION OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD, and/or tuning in to Abiding Together with Heather Kym, Michelle Benzinger, and Sr. Miriam James.

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