Today’s Gospel Text: "Do
not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and
where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do
not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also.
22 "The
eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be
full of light; 23 but if your eye is not
sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is
darkness, how great is the darkness! Matt 6:19-23
Reflection: Oh! The human heart!
In the physical sense, who can move it except through surgery or by accident and yet, all
things are possible with the human heart.
The
heart can move with compassion
The heart could be moved with pity
The
heart could be gripped by fear
The
heart could be become hardened and stony
The
heart could skip a beat in moments of shock, surprises or excitement
The
heart loves and can ache
The
heart can be in great pain over the loss of a loved one
O
the power of the human heart, which is the seat of every emotion; it is able to
move and work not just physically but also emotionally.
One
of the qualities of the human heart that can be detrimental for our salvation
is that of possessing things and even accumulating or hoarding.
We
do that because we feel that we will be able to make much out of life or do it
for the sake of security which we feel when we hoard things.
It
is these very thing that Jesus is warning us against, concerning hoarding of
treasures: “For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.” (vs. 21)
Our
hearts sometimes can be so set on treasures that we may even forget every
aspect of human relationships.
The
worse is when that treasure has been earned by us through hard work, then we
feel that we have every right to it, even forgetting God who has given us the
ability to earn. (cfr. Dt. 8:18)
On
the other hand, a man can have the abundance of wealth and riches without
having his heart set on them, though it is rare. But God can make what is
impossible with man possible with his help (cfr. Mt. 19:26, Mk.10:27, Lk. 18:27)
Prayer: “Blessed
is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments! Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures forever. Ps 112: 1, 3
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