“And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Mark 4:18-20. St. Gianna Beretta Molla said, “Lord, keep your grace in my heart. Live in me so that your grace be mine. Make it that I may bear everyday some flowers and new fruit.”

Let us pray, Lord Jesus we long to be fruitful in our lives. Pluck out of our life the thorns which choke all that is godly in us; the inordinate care for the world, the unhealthy delight and desires and all that which militate against You within us. May Your grace bring plenty of fruit in our lives. Amen.

“Let your light shine!!” Blessings. Larry.