Today we hear the parable of the fig tree in Luke, where the owner of the fig tree wants to cut it down because it has not produced any fruit in three years, but the gardener advocating on its behalf and asks for one more year of nurturing to see if it will respond. As […]
Today we hear a parable in our apocalyptic Gospel lesson about a fig tree which is meant to wake us up, to startle us to attention and spur us to action. While only God knows when the Son of Man will be coming in a cloud at the fullness of time, what would it mean […]
The parable of the fig tree follows a story which invites the hearer to consider that “it’s never too late to live another day.” The gardener knows that tending to the fruitless fig tree will bring about fruit where there was none previously, because that’s what the gardener does!