Matthew 13:24-30

16th Sunday in ordinary time, year A.

Questions

1) What are your initial thoughts, feeling and reactions to the text?

2) Do you have any enemies? Share something of your experience of enemies. Have you ever been someone else's enemy?

3) How do you feel about the sowing of weeds? Have you any experiences of this happening to you?

4) How do you feel about the command not to separate the weeds and wheat? When can we obey this instruction, when is it necessary to remove weeds?

5) The parable tells us of a harvest time where weeds and wheat will be separated. How do you understand this?