The 17^th Sunday Ordinary Time (Cycle A)

The tie in between today’s readings: Heart and Treasure

Psalm 119:57;72-77;127-130, 1 Kings 3:5-12, Romans 8:28-30, Matthew 13:44-52

I want to take a different slant on today’s readings and look at them through the lens of worth vs. value. For now, let’s say that worth is what you can do with something to get what you want. A thing’s objective utility is all that matters to you. You have a connection to the things that you value. Its’ preciousness is subjective and therefore divorced from the market, if in fact, you would ever even consider selling it at all. Value is why people pay high prices to collect old coins, vintage cars, and little cardboard squares with athletes’ pictures on them. With that in mind, let’s start with today’s gospel in Matthew 13:44-52.

We start in verse 44 with…