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Gospel: Matthew 13: 44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field.”
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Fields are ordinary places; people walk across them all the time without ever wondering what might be buried beneath their feet.
Who knows, they could be standing on top of buried treasure! But they’ll only find out if they pause, and take time to dig.
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In a similar way, human beings can walk through the fields of life rarely seeing the deeper dimensions of reality.
Sometimes we can be satisfied with surface-level interactions, taking the people and places around us for granted.
But if we took the time to dig deeper, then we might discover a hidden treasure: Christ around us, Christ within us.
As someone once said, “Whenever the Christ in me discovers the Christ in you, we’re standing on holy ground.”
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May we see the fields around us as holy ground.
Buried deep within is the “pearl of great price,” the presence of the Divine.
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