Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Central idea: Faith which saves.
• Doctrine: Faith is a gift of God.
• Practical application: Faith in action.

Here is an excerpt based on the Responsorial Psalm:

• Throughout our lives we are all sowing seed by the choices we make. Some day we will reap the harvest of what we have sown. Those of us who are older, seeing some of our choices bear bad fruit, are sobered and repentant and redouble our efforts to sow only the good seeds God wants.
• How we feel as we sow does not guarantee anything about the fruits of that sowing. As the psalmist tells us, “Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.” It could be just as true that those who sow in laughter shall reap sorrowing. Or those who sow in revelry will reap in misery.
• Our care should be only to sow good seed—asking God that it be good, regardless of how we feel about it at the time. As long as we are here, it is never too late to sow more good seed, that is, to do God’s will in every situation.