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- 1A barren fig tree becomes a lesson in second chances▼The gardener's plea: What a barren fig tree taught me about second chances
A Catholic sister writing for Global Sisters Report reflects on the Gospel image of the barren fig tree, which the gardener asks to be given one more year of care before being cut down. Drawing on her gardening experience, she reads the parable as a message about patience, mercy and the second chances offered to people who appear unproductive.