Let us pray this week for the grace always to give priority to God.
This Sunday, Jesus invites us to treasure what matters and orient our lives toward it. We all know that what we treasure will orient our whole being and guide our lives.
Think of a mother who is fast asleep, totally oblivious to the noise of traffic on the nearby highway or planes flying overhead, as I experienced in Wilmington, Delaware, just off Highway 95; however, the slightest whine from her newborn baby will wake her up because she treasures her baby, Or, think of a businessman in bed. No noise around him can disturb his sleep, even his wife’s snoring, but the ringing of the phone can wake him up, because it could be a business call, and that is what he treasures.
We have dozens of stories of people doing the seemingly impossible in sports, academics, and other aspects of life. They do so precisely because they treasure such achievements and have therefore directed their whole being, as well as invested all their resources, to realize them. What creates the saints is that God is their treasure and will.
Let us pray this week for the grace always to give priority to God. And let’s reflect on what we treasure most in our lives.
May the Lord always grant you his peace!
Fr. Lalo Jara, OFM, Pastor
Mission San Luis Rey Parish
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