Battle to sainthood — shoulder to shoulder.
July 26, 2026 · Matthew 13:44–52
Sell it all for the one field
T5Don’t wait till you die to have them carry you.
July 26, 2026 · Matthew 13:44–52
THE PLATE
The Hidden Treasure — John Everett Millais, 1864
Public domain · The Parables of Our Lord
44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. 46 Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kind of fishes. 48 Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just. 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes. 52 He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
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Matthew 13:44–52 · Sell it all for the one field
Shown: the Seventeenth Sunday sample. This week’s arrives with the app.
DRAFT — CHAPLAIN REVIEW PENDINGT110 minutes before you walk in.
Matthew 13 is one long day of parables by the sea. The crowds get stories; the Twelve get the meaning in the house. These last three — the treasure, the pearl, the net — close the set, and Jesus asks his men point-blank: Have ye understood all these things?
T3WHAT IT DEMANDS
The man does not sell the farm through gritted teeth. He sells it for joy — he has seen what is buried, and nothing he owns compares. If the faith feels like a tax, you have not dug where he dug.
The ploughman trips over the treasure; the merchant spends his life hunting the pearl. Christ honours both roads. Both end at the same counter, and the price at that counter is all.
The dragnet hauls in everything, good and bad together, and the sorting belongs to angels at the end of the world. Your work at the table is to haul with your brothers — not to grade them.
The scribe instructed in the kingdom brings out of his treasure new things and old. Bring both on Sunday: the Church’s long memory, and what God did in your week.
CCC 546 — Jesus teaches in parables that call for a decision: to enter the kingdom, a man gives everything he has.
“Unless you sell all, you buy not; unless you have such a soul, anxious and inquiring, you find not.”
– ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM · HOMILIES ON MATTHEW, 47
c. 349–407. Fifteen centuries before your table, a bishop told working men exactly what this Sunday asks: the price of the pearl is everything.
You already know your field. Name the thing you have refused to sell — that is the price written on it.
Who needs to be heard tonight? Let a brother go first.
Lord Jesus, You hid the kingdom where working men could find it. Open our eyes tonight, give us the joy that sells everything, and make this table honest. Amen.
1 of 6
1What does the man in verse 44 do between finding and buying?
Keep it in the text — hid it, rejoiced, sold, bought. The order matters.
2 of 6
2What is different about the merchant — and what is the same?
Searching versus stumbling. Same price.
3 of 6
3Why does Jesus put joy, not duty, at the centre of the deal?
If the shares stall, read the Chrysostom line out loud and ask it again.
4 of 6
4What does the dragnet say about who does the sorting, and when?
Angels, at the end — not us, not tonight. Say that plainly; it keeps the table safe for the man about to open up.
5 of 6
5What is one thing you own — a habit, a grudge, a screen — that is priced against the field?
Go first. Name yours before you ask for theirs.
6 of 6
6What will you sell before Saturday, and which brother will ask you about it?
Pair them up before the closing prayer. Yes-or-no answers next week.
Father, we found the field again tonight. Give each man here the nerve to pay for it this week — and brothers who will ask him if he did. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
T1THREE TO CARRY
The kingdom is bought with joy, not gritted teeth.
Finders and seekers pay the same price: everything.
Haul the net; let the angels do the sorting.
The man in the field did not negotiate; he paid the whole price the same day he found it.
Midweek nudge — Wednesday, noon: “The field is still for sale. What have you sold?”
Tell the brother who asked.
Pick it up tonight.
Commitments live on this phone only. Nothing leaves it.
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field.”
– MATTHEW 13:44 · THIS SUNDAY
One question before the day starts: what will you sell today to buy the field?
Your charge this week: sell one thing that owns you.
Sixty seconds at day’s end. Stays on this phone. Ammunition for question 6.
Where did I fight well?
Where did I fall short?
Who needs me tomorrow?
T4ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
SUNDAY · TOMORROW
Sell it all for the one field
CHARGE: LOCKED IN
The week’s one act, every time he checks the time.
T2MY TABLES
A man can sit at more than one table. Everything below follows the one you pick.
Question 6 pairs you with a brother every week. Midweek, this app reminds you to check him — not to report to software.
This week: Dave
Wednesday, 12:00 — “Ask Dave where his charge stands.”
Set. His name never leaves this phone.
“Don’t wait till you die to have your bros carry you.” Six slots. Tap a slot and put a name in it.
BATTLE TO SAINTHOOD
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T2
T3ALL INFERNO
T4DENVER
Mission to Men in Denver! Fanning the FIRE to Denver! VIVA CRISTO REY!
EMAIL SHAUN ABOUT DENVER CORReminders are scheduled on the phone itself, like the Sunday alarms.
Nothing leaves the device. Muting an event is respected without comment.
T2Forty-plus tables are already burning across the Front Range. Here is how the next one starts — yours.
MODEL THE MASTER
PRAY FIRST
It all starts with prayer — that is Inferno’s first pillar, not a nicety. Take it to the Sacred Heart and ask Him for three names. Write down the men He gives you.
GET YOUR THREE
You do not need twelve men. You need three brothers — that is the CLAN rung of the ladder, and every COR on the Front Range started there. Text the three names tonight. Say it plain: a table, once a week, for men who want to be saints.
CALL IT IN
Email mission@infernomen.com with the subject line “Inferno COR Group”, or text 719-373-1122. Denver men: shaun@infernomen.com. Inferno will put a seasoned COR leader alongside you for your first weeks — you are not inventing this alone.
SET THE TABLE
Pick a rhythm the standing tables already prove out: weekly or every other week, Tuesday or Thursday evening, Friday or Saturday morning. A parish hall, a kitchen, a garage. Sixty to ninety minutes. Same time, same place — consistency is what makes it a table and not an event.
KEEP IT C-O-R
Christ Centered — and Confidential: what is said at the table stays at the table, and that line is load-bearing. Orante — it is prayed, not just discussed. Relational — brothers, not attendance. Hold those three and the rest can flex.
RUN THE FIRST MEETING OFF THIS APP
Open leader mode on Sunday’s FORGE. The men read the FUEL before they walk in, the six questions carry the room, and every man leaves with the CHARGE. The app holds the table up until the table holds itself — then grow toward twelve, and when you pass twelve, plant the next one. That is the 72.
COR VALUES
Leave no man behind. Loneliness is a real threat to the men around you — a table is the counter-attack.
T2Twenty-five dollars a month, from a handful of Fire-starters, covers the Scripture licences outright.
World-Changers
$300/m
Visionaries
$150/m
Disciple-Makers
$75/m
Trailblazers
$45/m
Fire-starters
$25/m
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BATTLE TO SAINTHOOD
T3Igniting a Culture of Evangelization that Empowers Men to Lead in the Battle to Sainthood.
Restore the Man / Reclaim the Family / Renew the Church / Revive the Culture
T4The name Inferno refers to the unquenchable fire of The Holy Spirit that grows and spreads in the form of love, passion, and fearless dedication to God.
We are a band of brothers building community and leading our families to sainthood; shoulder to shoulder.
We are not another Program — This is Your Invitation Into A Battle Worth Fighting.
T7THE THREE PILLARS
PRAYER — it all starts with prayer.
FRIENDSHIP — the arena for good news.
EVANGELIZATION — not optional. Missional.
MODEL THE MASTER
COR VALUES
Humility. Vulnerability. Confidentiality.
Radical hospitality. Accompaniment. Openness. Empathy.
Toughness. Discipleship demands discipline.
We are not another Program. We are not lonely men seeking to fill our calendar. We are not an “events ministry.”
“We are working laymen, striving after the Sacred Heart of Jesus, determined to be a saint and have found that we do this better together!”
– INFERNOMEN.COM
“I will not make this Pledge an idol, a box to check, nor beat myself up with shame/despair if I fall short in any commitment.”
– THE INFERNO PLEDGE
Be Strong & Courageous.
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Wed, Jul 29 · St Frances Cabrini Parish
Free food, drinks, fellowship. Bring a bro.
“I have come to set the world on fire and how I wish it were already blazing!”
– JESUS · LUKE 12:49
INFERNO · BATTLE TO SAINTHOOD · INFERNOMEN.COM
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