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Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth 6 Glory to God 2 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD In the parable of the Sower Jesus starts with what farmers who lived two thousand years ago did when the time came to sow seeds. The farmers used to scatter the seeds, opening their arms to throw the seed on the ground in a wide gesture. It was for this reason that some of the seeds could have fallen where the land was not already tilled: “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart – This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown” (Mt 13, 19-23) 156