“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found in a field and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” (Matthew 13: 44-46)

What is this treasure that causes such radicalism? Ask a monk … better still, go to a monastery and spend a few days there in silence in the presence of the monks: watch, listen, and wait. You’ll get your answer … if you really desire it.

Genesee Abbey

But see, there’s the rub. It always comes back to me, to you, to each of us personally. We have to desire to know before we can know. Like I said before, if you don’t feel the desire, pray for it, and you’re on your way. So, get to a monastery, like Gethsemani, in Kentucky, or Genesee, in New York, or New Clairvaux, in California, and unload it all in the presence of men who have found the treasure… and wait for the treasure to be revealed.