Instruments of Reconciliation
Day 1 : Sunday, week 1
The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
Read Lk 13: 1-9
In this parable, God offers the fig tree another opportunity to bear fruit.
Contemplate this mandala.
Mandala created by Rachel
The centre of this mandala depicts the tree waiting to produce fruit. The orange color in the outer circle always symbolizes the Spirit. When mixed or united with two primary colors: yellow, which symbolizes the Father; red, which symbolizes the Son, the three persons of the Trinity are represented.
Reflection
It is not the owner who wants to give the tree another chance but the vine dresser – the one who takes care of the vine, the fruit trees. He knows them like the shepherd knows his sheep.
He loves them, nourishes them with food that enriches them interiorly to fulfill their vocation, bear the fruit (figs) for which we are waiting.
Such is mercy, to provide an opportunity for life to flourish, to overcome being insignificant, discouraged by one’s sterility, death.
Open our eyes, look around us at the care God offers us. Let us be nourished by God’s Word, the Bread of Life which calls forth divinity in us, the saints we are called to be.
- How does this image connect to my life?
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