The first part of the parable draws attention to the sower and to the seed, a reality in rural Palestine familiar to Jesus’ original audience composed mostly of peasant farmers. If the sower ...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, January 29, 2025, which is the Wednesday of the third week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: ...

And when he was alone, those around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, 'To you has been ...

Jesus has established the foundation of his new family: listening to God’s word and doing his will (Mk 3:34). Now, he tells the parable of the Sower to those “inside” his family—his disciples—to ...

There are two ways to consider the parable in today’s Gospel reading. The first is to see the sowing of the seed, or the ...

The grave of Butler, who died in 2006 at 58, is marked by a footstone etched with a quote from "Parable of the Sower," among her most famous novels: "All that you touch, you change. All that you ...

“These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke,” it begins, “and Didymus Judas Thomas wrote them.” Then follows a collection of 114 short sayings, parables, and ...

A reader shared the following Facebook post (archived) with the question: "Is this meme accurate about Octavia Butler's book 'Parable of the Sower' and predicting the recent LA fires with a new ...

social media users have called back to Parable of the Sower — which takes an excerpt from the Bible’s story of the same name, where Jesus tells of a farmer who plants seeds in different types ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Downed branches lie near graves at Mountain View Cemetery after the Eaton Fire, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in ...

Gabriel Jesus is set for a long spell on the sidelines with an ACL injury, sustained during Arsenal's defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup; Arsenal have only one striker in Kai Havertz and ...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus suffered a suspected ACL injury in the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United on Sunday leaving them with only one fit striker in Kai Havertz. "We know more now.