NOTES for Mat 13:24-43
God Himself refuses to carry out a “purge” in the world He created. This means that, for Him, people are not divided into “honest citizens” and “terrorists.” Although some people look very much like bandits and abusers, like “weeds in society” (or in the Church, or in a family), the Lord is in no hurry to weed the field. And this is despite the fact that He, of all people, knows what each person is capable of in this life! He waits until everyone can show what he is, never abandoning hope for anyone’s repentance. What, then, can be said of us, for whom another person’s soul is a mystery? What right do we have to divide the world into good and bad people? Besides, no one appointed us as reapers...