Treasure or pearl. How important is for us to be with Jesus. Homily at Mass

Manila retreat 15
MASS:

The penitential act is moved before the offertory and so is the sign of peace quoting the passage of the Gospel Mt 5:23.


The treasure in the field and the precious pearl (Mt 13:44-46)

The penitential act is moved before the offertory and so is the sign of peace quoting the passage of the Gospel Mt 5:23.

This we have heard today is one of the parables of the Kingdom. It is, actually, not a parable but an allegory because is very short, more like an example or a comparison.
The points to underline in this passage are 2:
  1. The great value of what is found
  2. The great desire to possess it to the point of giving up everything for it.
A treasure is something that can change the life of that farmer forever. So it is really worthy to put everything at loss. Do you remember the passage of St. Paul to the Philippians (3:7-8): I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him.
So is something that inspires in you a strong desire, moves you to great effort even a crazy one in order to achieve it. There comes the courage of the saints, the one which made them saint.
It is not important if you found it because of your long research (like the merchant) or by pure chance (like the farmer). The Lord shows himself whenever he wants, in the most unexpected way.
It is not important if it is the fulfillment of a life, like it happens to the merchant who had already other pearls, or it will make in us a radical change like it happens to the farmer that from servants becomes now a rich owner.
It is important that we are willing to risk everything, to surrender everything in order to embrace this new step in our life.
Every one of us must have had a particular moment, a core experience of the love of Jesus. The answer to our vocation must be based on the awareness that Jesus is working in me, wants to do wonderful things through me. Living for Jesus is something so beautiful that it would be a waste to do any other thing. If that is the case our apostolate takes a completely different style, much more effective, much more incarnated, much more divine.

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