{"content":[{"text":"love. It occurs to me that birds quite like to eat seeds: given the chance, birds may have \n eaten that tiny mustard seed before it had chance to grow. Yet now they nestle in the \n shade of its tree. The Kingdom of God teaches us to love and provide for those who would \n prevent the seeds of grace growing within us. We love our enemies and pray for those who \n oppose our faith.","bbox":{"left":0.060472,"top":0.046073,"width":0.870778,"height":0.097943}},{"text":"We recognise in these images an important truth: that the Kingdom of God grows within us, \n but – like all growth – it is often slow, even imperceptible. So we need patience in our \n spiritual lives, and we need, as St Paul teaches today, to walk by faith rather than by sight, \n trusting that the Lord is giving us growth even when it’s not obvious to us. But there’s \n another point that our Lord is making in this parable. Think of how different a seed is from a \n large bush. Unrecognisable! If we knew nothing of the natural world, it would be impossible \n to believe that a bush could come from something so tiny. The Lord is teaching us that, if \n we accept His Kingdom, what is possible in us is so much greater than we imagine. The \n tiniest seeds of faith can produce wonderful things, if only we allow God to reign.","bbox":{"left":0.060472,"top":0.167819,"width":0.878993,"height":0.17919700000000005}},{"text":"Fr Andrew","bbox":{"left":0.060472,"top":0.370962,"width":0.099473,"height":0.016676000000000024}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.696432,"top":0.360545,"width":0.236679,"height":0.054815}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.696432,"top":0.360545,"width":0.236679,"height":0.054815}]}