The gospel for Wednesday of the seventeenth week in ordinary time is taken from Matthew 13:44. 46. Jesus said to his disciples, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field 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. We know that the kingdom of God is made up of experience after experience that leads us deeper and deeper into the truth.

And here Jesus seems to be pointing out two very interesting things. Sometimes the thing, the catalyst that moves us to a new place is something in our ordinary daily life. We stumble upon a man plowing a field, all of a sudden hits a box and then opens it and finds it’s a treasure and goes off and buys the land. And then we see in the second image that there’s some people that are called to be searchers. And they’re always looking, always, always trying to find the truth. And if they keep searching, they will find it.

And when they find it, they’ll know they have found something so valuable. We either stumble upon these wonderful moments, sometimes we seek them with all of our energy, but in either way, God is consistently working to draw us more and more into his kingdom. Please reflect on the wisdom of these readings. At the end of the music, I will close with a prayer. Sa Sam Satan. Sa Satan.

Foreign closing prayer. Father. Attentiveness. Paying attention is so important as we listen to you and all that you send to us in terms of signs and wonders, so we can begin to discern what it is God is calling us to be. Bless us with an inquisitive, imaginative mind as we watch and grow and learn and become who you call us to be. Amen.