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Mathew 17:20 - He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Mark 4:30-32 - “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.” Mark 4: 14-20 - “The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” ​A mustard seed is so small, looks so insignificant like a little grain of sand, that from its appearance you would never suspect a large plant with large branches could spring forth from it.  A host is also small, insignificant, and seems like nothing, yet, in the small insignificant piece of bread is contained God Almighty when consecrated. Because this Mystery is so great – Christ fully present- Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in a small insignificant Host— our human mind cannot grasp such a miracle of God without His grace. God constantly shows us His ways are not our ways. Jesus has been calling us His “mustard seed” for years. This is not just a nice expression from our Lord, but it contains a great mystery for us, and also, it contains the manner in which we will come to be transformed into God’s living hosts. Therefore, we need to go deeper into its meaning to discover what the Heart of God is truly telling us and desiring from us. Two keywords: NOTHINGNESS INSIGNIFICANCE “The Lord wants to reveal his glory by taking up our nothingness and our insignificance and turning it into something majestic by the pure force of his love.” (Magnificat 11th Sunday in Ordinary Times 6/17/18) The Path of the Cross brings us to know our NOTHINGNESS. When we live in our infected wounds believing the lies of Satan and living in disorder, we live a fake identity – someone we are not. Our fallen nature wants to be important, seen, heard, powerful and significant. Yet, the Path of the Cross brings us to discover the truth about ourselves and God—we are nothing and God is ALL; we are insignificant and God is Significant. Spirit of Poverty, Simple Path p. 303, #110 The spirit of poverty is lived when you allow the Holy Spirit, My Blessed Mother and Myself to strip you of everything interiorly: your desires, expectations, plans, attachments, securities, consolations in friendships, even consolations from Me, so that you are left completely empty. It is a soul that has been stripped of everything, that is empty and can be filled with My life… We, Love Crucified, are God’s mustard seed – little, nothing, insignificant-- and in our nothingness is hidden the power of God. That is why God is constantly telling us that we are the “hidden force”. Just as the mustard seed contains the large tree and the Host contains God Almighty, the mustard seed of LC contains the Power of God, the “sword of the Spirit.” The Lord told us: The enemy will be conquered, and all things will be made new but never in the ways of the world. God has chosen to give the sword of righteousness to His little mustard seed. The sword of the mission is...