When his followers asked Jesus to increase their faith, he told them the parable of the mustard seed. Though it was the smallest of seeds, once sown the mustard plant sprang up and spread rapidly.

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed to us what we should have realized all along: namely, how extremely fragile was an economic system that relied on long supply chains, a lesson only reinforced by ...

A few weeks ago, my husband and I went on a weekend trip to Lake Tahoe. On the last day of our trip, we hiked through Van Sickle Bi-State Park, a ...

When I was a young girl, I had a glass necklace with a tiny mustard seed in the center. Despite its size, that seed could grow into a great tree. Matthew 13:31-32 reads: “Another parable put he ...

The Mustard Seed, easily distinguished by its mustard-yellow exterior, got its name from the parable of the mustard seed found in the Bible, according to owner Dana Snider.

Today’s selection from Matthew 13 continues Jesus’ Parables Discourse. It contains two short parables—about a mustard seed and yeast—and a long parable with an allegorical interpretation ...

According to the "Parable of the Mustard Seed" in Matthew 13:31–32, ... then a mustard seed would be slightly more than 3 feet in diameter — or about the size of an extra-large fitness ball. ...

Jesus' Parable of the Mustard Seed, with its imagery of a seed growing into a plant big enough for birds to perch in, is often seen as foretelling the growth of Christianity.

It's the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time and our Sunday gospel today talks about the Parable of the Growing Seed found in Mark 4:26-34. Our Lord Jesus speaks to his disciples in parables so they ...