The kingdom of heaven is like a man who found a treasure buried in a field. He buried it again and for sheer joy, went and sold everything he had and bought the field. Again he said the kingdom is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of very great value, he sold everything he had and bought it. (Mt 13:44-46)
Those two parables sum up really what I have been trying to share. Both of them speak about the treasure or the pearl, something of immense value in our lives that we have, this gift of faith, this knowledge of Jesus. It calls us in joy to become poor in spirit so that we can fully be one with it. That’s discipleship, that is the meaning of holiness and it’s what evangelisation means.
( Christian Life in the Light of Christian Meditation 3, Laurence Freeman )
