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The Kingdom or Reign of Heaven is like a Gorse Bush?

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  Ōtūmoetai – Year A - 17 th Sunday of Ordinary Time -2026 By Tony Wills - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61356567  Readings:  Psalm         Psalm: 105:1-11,45b  First Reading:       Gen 29:15-39     Second Reading:   Rom 8:26-39  Gospel:       Matt 13:31-33, 44-52  What I want to say:  What is the kingdom of heaven like?   A gorse bush?   Yeast hidden is cast quantities of flour?    What images would we use   and how do we make sense of these images? What I want to happen: People to tell their own stories The Sermon      1.     Introduction: A couple of weeks ago used Jewish author Amy Jill Levine help us put these parables back into -         geographical -    ...