16 June 2024 -- 11th Sunday "B"
Ezek 17, 22-24; 2 Cor 5, 6-10; Mk 4, 26-34
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.