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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (left) paired with the Parable of the Pearl (right) on a stained glass window in Scots' Church, Melbourne. The Parable of the Pearl (also called the Pearl of Great Price) is one of the parables of Jesus Christ. It appears in Matthew 13 [1] and illustrates the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Parable of the Hidden Treasure by Rembrandt (c. 1630). The Parable of the Hidden Treasure is a well known parable of Jesus, which appears in Matthew 13:44, and illustrates the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven. It immediately precedes the parable of the Pearl, which has a similar theme. The parable has been depicted by artists such as Rembrandt.
How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God... to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of Heaven with the righteous and God's friends! Edward A. Pace in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) defined the beatific vision:
Joy: As we bear witness, every day, to the good news of God’s forgiving, transforming love. Hope: We can let hope abound in our relationships and communities, while acknowledging significant ...
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Inner beauty quotes. 31. “Outer beauty turns the head, but inner beauty turns the heart.” —Helen J. Russell. 32. “When beauty lives in the heart, it doesn’t need to show up anywhere else.”
Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins describes this joy as reflecting Christ to one another, each in our own personal way and to the extent that we have grown more Christlike in this life, for as Hopkins writes, "Christ plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his, to the Father through the features of men's faces ...
And, last, you see joy, contentment or beauty in the face of the subject, not negative connotations, such as pain or vileness. [3] Each subject and the landscape of "Ansidei Madonna" evokes serenity and divinity: Madonna, by her complete devotion to her child, Christ child through his secure faith in his mother,