15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Parable of the Sower and the Seed

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtGeorg Pencz, “The Parable of the Sower, from ‘The Story of Christ,’” 1534-35

‘But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.’ (Matthew 13:23)