July 24, 2011 Gospel

This weekend was the weekend of the parables of the Hidden treasure, of the Pearl, and of the Net. Three great parables that can be easily mistaken........ These parables might seem like one thing but could be another......


Firstly lets start with the first one shall we?

  The kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again , and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has,  and  then goes back and buys the filed....


This is how I like to think of this amazing parable. So first i think of this is like a man who have found God in his life, and chooses to follow him.So he goes back sells is belonging and goes to follow God and the life and future God has for him. This man wants Gods love, word and truth, if he gave everything up for the kingdom.

This reminds me of many saints, one in particular........St Francis......... He had a wealthy, rich, life and he gave it all up to follow God and to follow Gods kingdom and word. Francis had a great life, helped the lepers, stopped a wolf from attacking the town. ( full info on Francis Click Here)


   Also, the kingdom of heaven is like this.  A man is looking for fine pearls, and when he finds one that is unusually fine, he goes and sells everything he has, and buys that pearl.




   This is just like the one above, but i will still say some words of wisdom :) So the pearl is the kingdom of heaven, and the person is well a human being. This man is searching for the kingdom, searching for God. He searches many clams, many places, and soon enough, after many oysters he finds that beautiful pearl. He finds that beautiful, rich, outstanding, rare pearl.  He searched and he found, he ask and he got he knocked and the door was opened for him.


 Also, the kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the lake and catch all kinds of fish. When the net is full, they pull it to shore  and sit down to divide the fish: the good ones go into the buckets, the bad ones are thrown back into the lake.




God is the fisher going to the lake, we are the fish.When God knows he got all of them he brings the net in. The good fish he keeps, the Good people he keeps in his kingdom of heaven, and the bad ones he throw down to hell or " The fiery furnace."

This story goes on about how Jesus explained it, but i don't think Jesus would explain this, because he is try to get people into him  and is they here the rest of the angels. I don't know it could go either way I mean because he is talking to a crowed of people  who would've believed, or not believe , it's not recorded. And when is it recorded that Jesus "explained" a parable anyway????

July 24, 2011 Gospel Reading

Find it in Matthew 13: 44 - 50

And tell me what you think/like/dislike about this reading!