Daily Gospel Reflection – Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Gospel Reflection – Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Gospel Reflection – Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time 

July 28, 2021 

Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time 

Gospel: Mt 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.” 

Source: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 

Bishop Robert Barron 

Friends, today Jesus offers two parables about the kingdom of heaven. Let's focus on the first one: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again." 

Sometimes God’s love is found that way. There’s a saying: "Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." Sometimes in the course of our everyday lives, something happens that vividly and surprisingly summons us to union with God. We realize, in a flash, what it’s all about. We weren’t particularly looking for it, but it found us. 

That’s what Jesus is getting at today. As you walk through the fields of life, be open to the inrushing of grace when you least expect it. And when it comes, give up anything that holds it back. .