The Harvest of God

Matt 13:24-30

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as everyone slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. The farmer's servants came and told him, 'Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weed! “‘An enemy has done it!' the farmer exclaimed.” 'Shall we pull out the weeds?' they asked. "He replied, 'No, you'll hurt the wheat if you do. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds and burn them and to put the wheat in the barn.' "

Lord Jesus, the Father has created everything in the world that is good, the earth is His footstool and we are his children. But the evil one, an enemy of God, has succeeded in corrupting the goodness of the Lord. We now exist together, the good, bad, evil, and just. You have promised, one day to call us back to you, all of your children. There you shall call the good and just to yourself to be with you in the everlasting joys of eternal paradise. Then you shall summon those that refused your love and allowed themselves to be manipulated and corrupted by the evil one. Then you shall condemn them and cast them all into eternal damnation forever and ever. We have all sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God, but you dear Jesus, redeemed us in your blood. It is there that we have been made clean and cleansed from our sinfulness. Bless us with the graces necessary to overcome the things around us trying to entangle and destroy the goodness that you have created. And one day we shall bear good fruit, growing ever so large in your love that we will overshadow and overcome all of the many forces that are attempting to steal the soul the Father has created. Make of us Lord a new creation and we shall renew the face of the earth. Amen