That brightest spot is the soul inside our body and mind. It is a ‘pearl of great price’.
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Question 1: “Where does Jesus say that ‘unholy vanity’ keeps many souls from Heaven?”
Answer: “Jesus said that almost every time He Spoke! A good example is in Today’s Reading, 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.’
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Question 2: “What does the ‘person find’ that makes that ‘field’ more important than everything the ‘person’ has?”
Answer: “That ‘field’ is God’s Word that took form in the never-ending echo that IS His Catholic Church! The ‘treasure’ is what Jesus gives to Catholics in The Second Sentence of His Church-Creating Word:”
‘And I say unto you, thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.’”
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Question 3: “Why does the ‘person hide’ His discovery?”
Answer: “Those who find Christ’s ‘keys’ think clearly. We know that worldly people hate for us to have them! So, we keep the ‘treasure’ hidden until we are safely IN His Church and have His ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’.”
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Question 4: “How does a person get the ‘money’ to ‘buy that field’?”
Answer: “We exchange our ‘unholy vanity’ for ‘The Holy Vanity’ that focuses on getting Christ’s ‘keys’ for OUR immortal soul.”
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Question 5: “What does Jesus tell us after that?
Answer: “Then, Jesus gives this example! ‘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.’”
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Question 6: “What is ‘the pearl of great price’?”
Answer: “The ‘greatest price’ ever paid for anything in Creation was The Life of Jesus Christ! He paid the price of being agonizingly killed to purchase The Seven Catholic Sacraments for the bodies, minds, and souls of all who are among: ‘You are My friends if you obey My commands.’
His Catholic priests, religious, and people can actually become His ‘pearls of great price’.”
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May all be blessed with The Holy Vanity to do what is necessary to be Catholic and become a ‘pearl of great price’ in God’s ‘Kingdom of Heaven’, His living, ‘white-robed pearls’ in The Sky.
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