Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time (2)

Many people in Zimbabwe who have opened a tap and found no water know how important water is for life. Saint Paul uses that same simple image today.

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”

A farmer prepares the soil and plants. Another person waters. But …

Brothers and sisters, good morning. Today we celebrate St Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, whose own missionary zeal helped the Gospel grow from a single seed to a flourishing forest, even in lands where it had never been heard before.

The readings today are …