The sower represents Christ and the seeds represent various categories of his followers: those who have little depth to their faith, those whose faith is destroyed by worldly enticements, and finally ...

Love is not a game, but some people treat it like one, playing with hearts as if they were disposable.” – Unknown ...

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It reminds me of the Parable of the Sower. Jesus tells how many new shoots which sprang up from the seed sown were strangled by what the Bible calls “tares” (weeds). If you replace the letter r in ...

The sower originally was Jesus, who came teaching the word of God (the seed) and seeking a harvest. Today, anyone who shares God’s word with others is sowing the seed. Like seed, God’s word is “living ...

“And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live” (Deuteronomy 30:6).

In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope.