The gospel for Tuesday of the 30th week in ordinary time is taken from Luke 13:18 21 Jesus said, what is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare? Is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown it became a large bush, and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches. Again he said, to what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened.

Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God. But what is it like? And it’s clear in this passage that what Jesus said it’s very organic, it’s very natural. It begins small and continues to grow and enlarge and become more real. That’s the challenge each of us to take our part seriously in how we evolve more toward this kingdom of God. Each of us have our part.

Each of our gifts move the kingdom closer and closer to fulfillment. Please ponder these images and then I will close with a prayer. Closing Prayer Father, it’s easy for us to not to feel that we’re that important or that we don’t matter that much. But we do. Every one of us, as we continue to grow toward the kingdom, are lifting each other up. The kingdom becomes more and more a reality.

And we ask this in Jesus name. Amen.