speak to me.” But He already does. Every Sunday, He speaks through His Word. At every Mass, He speaks through the Gospel. Each day, He knocks at the door of our hearts. The issue is not God’s silence, but the noise within us.
God is always sowing hope into despair, peace into anxiety, forgiveness into guilt, and new life into what seems dead. Yet Jesus reminds us that not every heart receives His gift. Some hearts grow hard through anger, disappointment, or repeated hurt. To protect ourselves, we build walls—even against God.
In this Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 13:1–23), Jesus tells the Parable of the Sower. The seed is God’s Word, and the soil is our heart. The seed is always good: living, powerful, and able to transform lives. What makes the difference is the soil. The real question is not whether God is speaking, but whether we are ready to listen.
Our hearts can be hardened by disappointment, wounded by sin, distracted by life’s worries, or crowded by the pursuit of success and possessions. When that happens, God’s Word struggles to take root. Still, the Lord never stops sowing His grace. With patience and mercy, He keeps inviting us into deeper relationship with Him.
Every Sunday, Christ speaks through the Scriptures and nourishes us with His Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist. He comes not to condemn us, but to renew, heal, and make us fruitful disciples. Wherever we are in faith, God can turn even the hardest heart into rich soil that bears abundant fruit.
Open your heart. Let Him remove the stones of pride, uproot the thorns of worldly attachments, and soften the places wounded by sin and disappointment. Then your life will become a harvest that blesses your family, and everyone you meet. Let His Word shape your thoughts, guide your choices, strengthen your family, and deepen your love for Christ.
May our parish become a community of “good soil,” welcoming God’s Word with faith, living it with joy, and sharing it generously. Then the harvest the Lord desires will be abundant, bringing hope to our families, our parish, and our world. May God bless you and your loved ones.
God is good, all the time!
Father Tony Udoh, MSP
Pastor of Holy Family
