Wednesday, 3rd Week, C: "The sower sows the word."

... those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.

-- Mk 4:1-20

Everyone is called to enter the kingdom. First announced to the children of Israel, this messianic kingdom is intended to accept men of all nations. To enter it, one must first accept Jesus' word:

The word of the Lord is compared to a seed which is sown in a field; those who hear it with faith and are numbered among the little flock of Christ have truly received the kingdom. Then, by its own power, the seed sprouts and grows until the harvest.

-- CCC 543