The image today is one of the many paintings by Vincent van Gogh of sowing seeds. With three strong images of sun a sign of the divine, the sower a sign of the future life to come from the seeds he is planting, and the tree a reminder of the cross.
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We are reminded in today's reading that unless a grain of wheat shall die then there will be no new life. An image that helps us to remember that it is through Christ's death on the cross and resurrection that we are given new life in Jesus. Below the words to the familiar hymn 'unless a grain of wheat shall fall ...'