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00:00At that time, Jesus proposed this parable to the crowd.
00:09The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
00:17But while the workers slept, an enemy of the owner arrived.
00:24He sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
00:26When the plants grew and the ears of grain began to form, the weeds also appeared.
00:37So the workers went to tell the master,
00:42Lord, didn't you sow good seed in your field?
00:47So where did this weed come from?
00:51The master replied, "It was surely done by an enemy of mine."
00:55They said to him, "Do you want us to go and start it?"
01:01But he answered them, no, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat.
01:10Let them grow together until harvest time.
01:14And when the harvest comes, I will tell the followers, the reapers, first pull up the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned.
01:25And then, store the wheat in my barn.
01:31Then he told them another parable.
01:35The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in a garden.
01:42It is certainly the smallest of all seeds.
01:47But when it grows, it becomes larger than vegetables and turns into a shrub.
01:54So the birds come and make their nests in the branches.
01:59He also told them another parable.
02:01The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour.
02:10And the whole batch of dough ended up fermenting.
02:14Jesus told the crowd all these things in parables.
02:18And he said nothing to them without using parables, so that what the prophet had said might be fulfilled.
02:25I will open my mouth and speak to them in parables.
02:28I will reveal what has been hidden since the creation of the world.
02:34Then he dismissed the crowd and went home.
02:38Then his disciples came to him and he said to them.
02:42Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.
02:46Jesus answered them.
02:48The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man.
02:52The countryside is the world.
02:54The good seed are the citizens of the kingdom.
02:56The weeds are the supporters of the evil one.
03:00The enemy who sows it is the devil.
03:04Harvest time is the end of the world.
03:07And the blinders are the angels.
03:10And just as they gather the weeds and burn them in the fire.
03:15This is how it will happen at the end of the world.
03:17The Son of Man will send his angels to uproot his kingdom
03:22all those who lead others into sin and all the wicked.
03:28And throw them into the blazing furnace.
03:32There will be weeping and despair.
03:35Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their father's kingdom.
03:40He who has ears, let him hear.
03:47This week, from the word of God.
03:51Since last week, brothers, we began to hear
03:57This chapter number 13 of the Gospel of Saint Matthew.
04:02And as we were saying, this is a chapter that presents us with different parables about the kingdom.
04:13Last week we were able to hear that text in which a sower goes out to sow
04:20and sows the seed in different terrains.
04:25There we discovered, brothers, without a doubt, how this sower,
04:28Our good God always sows his seed, which is his word, in abundance.
04:36He is a sower who spares no effort.
04:39He is a sower who takes risks and wants to sow that good word in all hearts.
04:48We discovered that that seed does not always bear fruit.
04:52And when he does give it, he doesn't give it to the same extent.
04:58Today, we have heard these parables that follow him.
05:05The first one we heard about is this one about the wheat and the tares.
05:11These are followed, in a shorter form, by the mustard seed and the yeast.
05:17Brothers, I would like us to discover, first of all, God's way of working.
05:26Which we can undoubtedly contemplate in this first part of the wheat and the tares.
05:34Let's see how our good God acts.
05:37And then let's discover how each of us should act in our own lives.
05:43Following their example, we too find a way to approach all realities, to the brothers and sisters who surround us.
05:52We discover how this man, who has sown a good seed, later learns from his workers that weeds have grown alongside it.
06:06Two plants that are very similar before they mature, look alike.
06:14There is a risk of confusing them until they reach maturity.
06:20Then you can acquire the fruit by distinguishing it, without risk of confusion, without uprooting the wheat in a fit of rage to remove this weed,
06:35which is the tares.
06:37Here, I believe, brothers, is a first great teaching of the way our good God acts.
06:45The Lord, brothers, knows how to be patient with us.
06:53He is not a man who acts impulsively.
06:58He is not someone who is moved by an impulse when he sees that weeds are also growing alongside the goodness of a heart.
07:10No?
07:10And be careful not to misinterpret the text, because I believe that with what I just said and upon hearing the text,
07:18can we misinterpret and somehow be tolerant of evil?
07:24Not at all, it is enough to remember how the Lord himself has spoken, in a clear way, in the face of evil.
07:36You can check, it's the same Gospel of Matthew, and you will find, as He says,
07:41If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; if your eyes cause you to sin, pluck them out.
07:49You and I, without a doubt, against the evil that exists in our own hearts,
07:55against the sin that exists in our own lives,
07:59against the sin that exists in different environments,
08:02We will have to be radical, we will have to fight to eradicate it.
08:06We have to uproot it, but this patience of our good God shows us that there is a moment,
08:16It shows us that we have to observe first,
08:19It shows us that we need to be clear about what we are doing, brothers.
08:25From this patience we learn that we cannot be superfluous at the first outburst.
08:31You and I tend to judge at first glance; we see one bad attitude and we punish others.
08:41We see something we don't like and we criticize it harshly and want to get rid of it immediately.
08:49The Lord, brothers, in this text shows us that He is patient,
08:54He takes a moment.
08:55And you and I have to do the same.
09:00Be careful, because we're easy to talk to.
09:04Be careful, because we are often too quick to judge.
09:10And this hurts a Christian community.
09:14Most likely this text that we have proclaimed, brothers,
09:18It shows us the reality of those first communities.
09:21There were men who lived by the word of God and bore good fruit,
09:29But perhaps there were also men and women among them,
09:34that were bearing bad fruit.
09:38And the temptation for those early followers, quite certainly, was
09:43We're going to get them out of here.
09:47We're going to remove them.
09:48That temptation still lies dormant among us.
09:55It's still there.
09:56And we have to say in all honesty,
09:59that in your heart and in mine exist these gestures and these features of wheat,
10:05of kindness.
10:07But we often discover that the weeds,
10:10that bad behavior,
10:12than bad words and twisted ideas,
10:15that hasty judgments are also on the rise there.
10:21We have to fight to get it started.
10:24But let us not forget that we must be patient like our good God.
10:29When these workers arrive with this vineyard owner
10:36And they say to him, "Did you sow good seed for us?"
10:41Weeds are growing there.
10:44We see how this man, brothers, is not worried.
10:49This man knows how to stay calm.
10:53When we contemplate, brothers, our world,
10:59When we consider society embroiled in a large number of conflicts,
11:06when we look at our own families
11:10And we see there how sin often flourishes,
11:16Often there are actions that hurt within our families,
11:22When we consider all of this,
11:25How do we react?
11:28Do we want to act with power and remove them from that place?
11:35This man asked them for one thing: peace and quiet.
11:40Let's wait for the results.
11:43Look closely, our Lord, brothers,
11:47When we contemplate the reality in which we live,
11:50a difficult reality.
11:53Often far removed from God's plan,
11:56It does not act by exterminating.
12:00Brothers, and this needs to be firmly ingrained,
12:02because then there are some spirited ones out there,
12:05I almost believe, with desires to exterminate
12:07to all those who do not conform to God's plan,
12:11that don't fit.
12:13And we're going to put an end to this whole bunch of drug dealers and thugs.
12:19Let's get rid of him.
12:21That is the way God works, brothers.
12:24Is He going around exterminating people?
12:27What about all those who do not embrace his project?
12:31Look, as I was saying a moment ago,
12:33This does not mean that God is pleased with evil.
12:36This does not mean that He is permissive of our actions.
12:39This does not mean that you and I have to allow evil in our lives
12:44or in the others.
12:46But the power, brothers, of God,
12:50It is also manifested through his mercy,
12:53with his compassion.
12:55He gives time, brothers,
12:57to the sinner so that he may repent.
13:00He hopes there will be good fruit.
13:01If this is how our good God works,
13:06This is the way we have to act,
13:09There is no other, brothers,
13:11radically,
13:14with force,
13:15against the sin that exists in our lives and in the world,
13:19but with mercy and compassion
13:21with those who live far from our Lord.
13:24Let's ask God
13:27that today He may give us His wisdom
13:30and his patience.
13:33Let it not be us, men and women
13:35that hastily
13:37they want to start
13:40to the others.
13:42No.
13:43Let's work on sowing
13:44the good seed
13:46in so many who need it.
13:49Let's make an effort
13:51to uproot sin
13:53from our heart
13:54at first.
13:56And then,
13:57sowing the Gospel,
13:59the word of God,
14:01Let's do it too.
14:02in the hearts of the brothers.
14:04I ask the Lord
14:05that He may grant us this grace.
14:07May they be good fruits.
14:08those that sprout
14:10of your life and mine.
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