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Article: What's your greatest treasure?(Word Alive)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- July 26, 2008
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It dawned on him that one cannot just get something of value without risking something in return.
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In this 16th Sunday's parable of the buried treasure and pearl of great price (Mt 13:44-46), Jesus relates that the farmer and merchant risked everything, selling their properties in order to acquire the land and pearl.
There is a swimming athlete who religiously practices two solid hours in the morning. She goes afterwards to school. Then she returns to swim again for another two hours.
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She goes home, eats a late supper and falls into bed exhausted. The next morning she does the same routine. When asked why she goes ...