Jesus said to his disciples: 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." (Mt 13:44-46)
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The Pearl of Great Price is a very short parable that is exceedingly difficult to understand. If the merchant sells “all that he has” in order to buy that valuable pearl . . . where will he live or how will he eat? In his desire to possess the pearl the merchant loses all reason. And as Jeremiah, the prophet, says to the Lord: “You have indeed become for me a treacherous brook.”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Wednesday, Week XVII, Ordinary Time
