We are treasure-seekers. ~ Priest during yesterday’s homily.
I love the reading of the merchant who finds a pearl of great price and sells everything to buy it. I sometimes wonder what most people today want to buy with such determination. We want stuff and so we save up money and buy large-screen televisions, a second car, i-Pads, etc. There is nothing wrong with that unless we overextend ourselves and find ourselves living our means.
I am becoming excited about the Jesuit Congress that starts on Wednesday. I have been asked to be one of the facilitators which makes me a bit nervous. I had hoped to be a participant only but now I am giving a speech in memory of Brian Massie as well. The days are full, beginning early in the morning and running until 10:00 p.m. My treasure-seeking sometimes does make me sell more than what I had hoped for.
Surprises are a part of life. Yesterday as I as leaving Barb’s her youngest son, who had been pretending he did not like me for a day or so, became unhappy. “When will you be back?” “In a year or so,” I replied. “ “Oh,” he said in a sad voice, and then brightened,“maybe you could just come and live with us. That would be nice.” Ah, I thought, there is a modern example of selling everything for a pearl of great price.
What would you sell for something that means everything to you?
Peace,
Suzanne
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