Reflection on Sunday's readings

In our formative years, not all of us experienced an image of God that would correspond fully to the God that Jesus experienced intimately and whom He revealed clearly. When looking at our parable for this weekend about the weeds and wheat, the distorted views of God are the biggest weeds we have growing within us. Today’s first reading and Psalm provide a number of words which we can use to determine to what degree we are taking care of our wheat. These words include: good, forgiving, abounding in kindness, merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in faithfulness, caring, our source of justice and of hope. What if we chose one or two of these words and decided how we would allow the Holy Spirit to help us develop these qualities?