Daily Meditation: Thursday, March 13, 2003

One day Jesus reproached his disciples for their disbelief, …

03/13/2003

One day Jesus reproached his disciples for their disbelief, saying: 'If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ""Move from here to there"", and it will move.' But how should these words be interpreted? Those who read this parable are so struck by the enormous discrepancy in size of a mountain and a mustard seed that they go no further, and this is why they cannot interpret the parable correctly. In order to do so, we must begin by reflecting on the nature and properties of a seed. If someone whose faith is no bigger than a mustard seed will one day be capable of moving mountains, it is because once that seed is sown in his heart and soul, it will grow and expand. When it becomes a tree, all the birds of heaven - that is, all the luminous entities of the invisible world - will come and dwell in it. And these entities do not come empty-handed. They bring with them heavenly gifts - wisdom, love, purity, peace, and strength - and it is thanks to those gifts that little by little a human being gains the power to move mountains.