Found and Finding, Bought and Buying
By Fr. Paul D. Scalia Two of the parables set before us today are traditionally understood as lessons in the cost of discipleship. The treasure buried in the field and the pearl of great price signify the Kingdom of God. (See Matthew 13:44-46) They are worth spending all we have to obtain. Though this interpretation is profoundly true, the great modern scholar and Scripture translator Monsignor Ronald Knox suggests another. According to Knox, we can understand Christ Himself to be the man who finds a treasure in the field and the merchant who finds the pearl of great price. Fallen man is the…
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