Monthly Archives: July 2020

a refection on the Feeding of the Multitudes in Matthew 14:13-21 The people are hungry; the people are sickSend them away, the numbers are thickThey’ve followed you here, its all their faultSomething’s got to give, let’s call it a halt. “Feed them yourselves, you know the wayNo need to shirk and send them awayYou’ve beenContinue reading “Economy of abundance”

a reflection on the Parables of Matthew 13 “Riddle-me riddle-me riddle-me-ree,Perhaps you can tell what this riddle may be:As deep as a house, as round as a cup,And all the king’s horses can’t draw it up.” These childhood rhymes from long years pastTaught by our parents, oh what a blast!Oh what agony, Oh what blissAsContinue reading “Riddle me”

A meditation on the Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat There are rotten folk among us while we are trying to do goodWhile we work to patch the world up, they’d prevent us if they could.Let’s raise a holy army to rout them out with glee.But You come and tell a story that counselsContinue reading “Let it Be”

A reflection on the Sower Parable in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 “Words are trucks full of meaning,” he said.Sent out from the source of our head.The import bestowed on those so endowedWith hearing determines their spread. A reach to the heart is what’s neededAnd life throws out much to impede it.Words and deeds go to waste,Continue reading “Wasted Words?”