A SOUND TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD FRUIT

PRAYER PAUSE  (I will be on the move for a while and may miss some days)

Wednesday 27 June 2018, Cyril of Alexandria

A SOUND TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD FRUIT

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading:  “A sound tree produces good fruit and a rotten tree bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree good fruit … you will be able to tell them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:152-20)

Reflection. A perfect mini-parable from Jesus! Recently there was a silly minor incident with the new royal in Britain.  Who gets into the car first according to protocal, the Queen or Meghan? Protocal is when you have to think out all the time, “what do I do now?”  “What is the ‘correct’ thing to do?”  On the other hand, spontaneity is when you don’t think, you just act.  And how we love spontaneity!  Especially when it gives us nexpected results – like the little child who grabbed the pope’s skull cap. A good person will always do something good.  We can always trust them.  We have to be wary of someone we are not so sure about. This little parable assures us we should not worry but just act. A good heart is not going to produce “wrong” results.  

Prayer. Lord, teach us to centre our lives on you and then stop worrying. Amen