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The announcement of a new Vicar is imminent.
Commissioning service will be held on Friday evening August 21.
There will be more details about the time in the coming weeks.
The Wardens and Nomination Committee
Praise be to God
Dear Friends,
Greetings to you all in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Once again, we come across another set of parables in today’s Matthew’s text. Once again, it is all about the kingdom of heaven and how we can become the children of the kingdom of heaven.
The kingdom of God is of such great value that the most drastic action is worth taking to gain it. The parable of the pearl is of a rather different type. It involves no discreditable conduct. But the parable of the hidden treasure, it holds up for our emulation in quite a different context the behaviour of a man who was prepared to take drastic action to secure the object of his desire.
Here in this parable, a wise person willingly sacrifices all else for the sake of attaining the kingdom of heaven. Again knowing what is ‘hidden’ gives new value to what otherwise may seem ordinary.
The kingdom of heaven is of such great value that one should be willing to give up all in order to gain it. Jesus did not imply that one can purchase the kingdom with money or good deeds. Hidden treasure has value when shared. Who could keep it to oneself? Matthew expected the reign of God to grow through teaching and learning from Jesus’ teaching.
So as followers of Christ let us continue to engage in seeking after the pearl of great price.
Shalom
Fr. Christo