Preparation for Sunday mass: Matthew 13:44 -52


We present here the text that will be read at Sunday mass, the 17th Sunday of ordinary time, and we formulate some questions that might help us prepare to hear the reading.

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44 "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; 46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; 48 when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 "Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes." 52 And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

- What does Jesus mean when he compares the kingdom of heaven to a hidden treasure or to a merchant searching for a pearl of great value? How does this help us understand what the kingdom of heaven is?

- And the parable about the net, the fish and the separating between the good fish and the bad? How does this deepen our understanding of the kingdom of heaven?

- Within the treasure, what is the new and what is the old?

View video of commentary of Father Giuseppe from Tiberias here

 

 

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