Planting Seeds

I tell the catechists all the time not to get too excited if the children they are working with don’t seem to be taking anything into their brains since they are planting seeds and the harvest may be many years in the offing. We never know when a seed we plant will burst into bloom we just patiently wait for it to happen.

This is the time of year people love to plant vegetable gardens, flower beds, patio pots etc. Do you plant a garden even if it is a patio pot? There is something so refreshing about picking fresh vegetables and then preparing them for yourself or your family that gives a person a feeling of being one with the earth. What about fresh flowers. I must admit those are my downfall, I have 5 and a half flower beds. The half one is a work in progress. Not that they all aren’t, but it is a new one. Flowers are easy to grow from seed and can be kept in pots or in the ground. Just think God gave us the earth to nurture and enjoy so we need to take advantage of that and do as he wanted.

When we grow vegetables or flowers they take a little bit of work too not just stick them in the dirt and hope for the best. We need to keep the weeds pulled so they don’t crowd out the good plants. Sometimes we even need to thin out the seedlings we have planted so the others can grow strong and produce a great yield. When we are tending to our gardens whatever form they take it is a good time to pray a blessing over the things we have planted and pray to God to watch over his creation with love and caring. In that short prayer we can also ask God to help us see the way that best works to take care of the earth he has given us to care for.

By the end of the summer perhaps even in time for Assumption Day in August we should be seeing benefits of our work with flowers blooming and vegetables forming for us to use as nourishment. Imagine that if this happens by planting seeds, bulbs or seedlings what will be waiting for us on the day of resurrection.