by Sr. Mary Grace Thul, OP
Today's communion antiphon reads: The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one rare pearl he sells everything he has and buys it. (Mt 13:45-46).
Life is like that. We search for that which we consider valuable. When we find it, we determine the way to make it ours. Think of the dream vacation you saved up for, or the home you wanted so badly you sacrificed everything so that you could buy that house. Or that car you just had to have.
Finding Jesus in that interior place within ourselves requires that we must be willing to sacrifice as well. Be it a satisfaction with our present state, or resentments, worries, or petty concerns that clutter up our mind and make it too difficult to navigate to Jesus, we must let go before we can grasp him. He is there. But we must find our way through the maze called temporal life. Only when we find him and get to know him do we realize what a treasure we have. And only then, will all we have sacrificed seem more than worth it, for the pearl of great price is greater than all those things we sacrificed to obtain it.
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