Recall the Parable of the Pearl.
The Merchant in search of the pearl of great price. Why did Christ mention a pearl, not an amethyst, or a ruby, diamond, or onyx?
A pearl does not begin in a state of perfection. It is shaped, layer by layer, over a stray grain of sand that pierces a poor oyster's soft inside.
A source of pain.
Christ wants the best for us, and can help take our suffering and our faults, and build us up into something more balanced and whole.
Into a beautiful pearl.
This page is from the webcomic The Sacramental Father Dom, a walk alongside a diocesan priest during six months of his life. Set around 2014, in a city like San Francisco, the story was drawn from research, as well as from the lives of priests I have had the fortune to get to know over the years. It is as honest a portrayal as I could make it, and has been a true learning experience and labor of love.
--Shared with the permission of
artist & author Stefan Salinas,
artist & author Stefan Salinas,
The Sacramental Father Dom, 2020
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