Friday 27 July

Jeremiah 3:14-17; Canticle Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12a-d, 13; Matthew 13:18-23

Blessed are those who hope in the Lord

As the daily news reports bring us accounts of the sufferings of the peoples in the lands around Jerusalem in our times, we listen with heavy hearts to the promise of God in Jeremiah's prophecy. How do our hearts have to change so that “all the nations will gather in the name of the Lord”? What do I need to do to make the soil of my heart fertile and productive to let the Word of God take deep root and flourish?