PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Jul 30, 2025 · 6m

Gospel

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.”

Reflection

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…