THE FIERY FURNACE

Let my eyes stream with tears day and night, without rest,
over the great destruction which overwhelms the virgin
daughter or my people, over her incurable wound.

If I walk out into the field, look! those slain by the sword;
if I enter the city, look! those consumed by hunger.

Even the prophet and the priest forage in a land they know not.

Mass Readings 

Heavenly Father, thank you for lavishing the seed of your word in our lives.  Fill us with your Spirit. Father may our lives bear the abundance fruit of righteousness.

"Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the Evil One, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and the will collect out of his Kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be
wailing and grinding of teeth.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.
Whoever has ears ought to hear."