Religious Education 

WEEKEND GOSPEL 

GOSPEL       Matthew 13:24-30

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Let them grow together until the harvest

Jesus put a parable before the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s servants went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy has done this” he answered. And the servants said, “Do you want us to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’

A beginning point for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:

• Who has seen weeds in a garden?
• What is the difference between a weed and a plant?
• When you care for a plant the weeds still grow.
• In today’s gospel what did the farmer do when he found weeds in his crop?

The farmer didn’t want to damage the good crop by destroying the weeds

God is like the farmer. 

• What are the good things God looks for in us?

We pray that the Spirit helps the good in us to grow.