Readings: Exodus 33:1-11; 4:4-9,28; Psalm 103; Mt 13:36-43 Many of Christ’s parables of the Kingdom of Heaven concern the problem of good and evil and how God permits them both in our lives. But eventually they must be separated. In this parable, the wheat is to be saved and the weeds burnt. The harvest is the time of decision, the time of judgement when good is separated from evil; namely the wheat and weeds, the good the bad people. But, is it in line with most of our experience that we find all-good and all-bad or rather, we are both - wheat and weeds? Each of us grows a double crop, some good mixed with some pretty awful weeds. Undoubtedly weeds must be burnt before the wheat is good enough to be stored for future happiness. All of us know that weeds grow in neglected gardens. So, also the weeds of which Christ speaks, the evil that grows in the neglected soul of persons. On another reality we see many of us do not complete this weeding process before God calls and tells us, “Your time is up”. That’s why for the most part, God gives us time to see and enter deeply into our innermost state and continue to grow in good relation with God and neighbor. People are like the mirrors that we see ourselves in. Therefore, we need to accomplish good works with each other by becoming generous, kind and unselfish to our neighbors in need and live fully our daily life in the sight of God.I will conclude my reflection with a quotation of St Irenaeus: “The glory of God is man and woman fully alive and the glory of man and woman is the vision of God”. May God give us open ears and hearts.