January 30, Friday of the 3rd week of OT
Homily
The two parables we have just heard, that of the patient farmer and that of the mustard seed, are part of a group of four parables, the other two being that of the sower (Mk 4:38) and that of the leaven (Mt 13:33). These four parables deal with the same reality: the failure of Jesus in his preaching, or at least the slowness with which the results of his preaching became apparent.