Sermon for Sexagesima, 2026

So much of the seed is wasted, cast aside, thrown away. It never finds root, never grows, never yields a crop. And it dies. Yet not all of it. Some of it makes it. And why is that? Most certainly not because of the places where the seed is sown, not because of the ground, not because of the hearer. On the contrary, it’s because of the Sower, who keeps on sowing. 

It’s instructive that, as Jesus spoke these words, He cried out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” As He spoke and breathed the words of this parable, He Himself was sowing His seed; the activity described in the parable was happening even as He spoke it. The Sower is active, sowing His seed, knowing that some of it will germinate, take root, and yield a crop a hundredfold, because of His power and nothing else, because the Sower Himself sees to it that this happens. 

Readings:

• Old Testament: Isaiah 55:10-13

• Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:19–12:9

• Holy Gospel: Luke 8:4-15

Sermon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjYOwOcL_A0