PrayerBookAppJohn 4:31-38 · 3 min read
നിങ്ങള്‍ അധ്വാനിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത വിളവു ശേഖരിക്കാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ നിങ്ങളെ അയച്ചു
"കണ്ണുകൾ ഉയർത്തി വയലുകളെ നോക്കുവിൻ; അവ കൊയ്ത്തിനു പാകമായിരിക്കുന്നു" എന്ന് യേശു പറയുന്നു.
Open Your Eyes: The Fields Are Ripe for Harvest
Photo: Wheat harvest on field by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
After a long day, the disciples urge Jesus to eat. He answers, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me." Then he points at the fields and says, "Open your eyes and look: they are ripe for harvest." He is not talking about wheat, but about people.
Read the Gospel
John 4:31-38 My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
Seeing what we usually miss
A farmer can tell from a distance that a field is ready. Many of us walk past people every day without seeing them: the new family at the church door, the colleague who has stopped smiling, the neighbour whose lights are always off.
You may reap what others sowed
Jesus says, "Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits." Our faith itself came through grandparents who prayed, teachers who taught the catechism, and missionaries we never met. Gratitude makes us generous workers.
Small work, shared joy
Sower and reaper rejoice together. We do not need to do everything; one invitation, one phone call, one kind word can be the harvest someone else prayed for years.
Try this today
- Today, greet one person you normally walk past.
- Thank, by name, three people who passed on the faith to you.
- Invite someone who seems lonely to Mass, a family meal, or a parish event.
A short prayer
Lord of the harvest, open my eyes to the people around me, and use me to bring them hope. Amen.
മലയാളത്തിൽ: നിങ്ങള്‍ അധ്വാനിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത വിളവു ശേഖരിക്കാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ നിങ്ങളെ അയച്ചു
"കണ്ണുകൾ ഉയർത്തി വയലുകളെ നോക്കുവിൻ; അവ കൊയ്ത്തിനു പാകമായിരിക്കുന്നു" എന്ന് യേശു പറയുന്നു. നമുക്കു ചുറ്റുമുള്ള ഏകാന്തരായ ആളുകളാണ് ആ വയലുകൾ.
മറ്റുള്ളവർ വിതച്ചതിന്റെ ഫലമാണ് നമ്മുടെ വിശ്വാസം. ഒരു ക്ഷണം, ഒരു ഫോൺ വിളി, ഒരു നല്ല വാക്ക് - ഇന്നത്തെ കൊയ്ത്തിൽ നമുക്കും പങ്കുചേരാം.