Treasure and Pearl of
Great Price
Three
weeks ago, on the 14th Sunday, we heard Jesus giving praise to God who
“have revealed to little ones” out of God’s “gracious will.”
Today, we
hear again in St. Paul’s testimony that God has chosen us to be God’s children
(2nd Reading).
God is the
merchant who searches for us because for God, we are the treasures and the pearls
of great price. The parable of a
merchant selling all that he has to buy a pearl or a field with a treasure might
sound ridiculous. But still, that is merely
a symbol of God’s love. This love is so
great, beyond our comprehension, that God’s only Son, Jesus Christ, died the
death of a slave on the cross for us sinners.
Thus, in the
Easter Proclamation, the Church professes, “to ransom a slave you gave away your Son.”
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