So, if we want to know what our treasure is, all we have to do is ask ourselves where our heart is. What is it that we love, that we pursue with all our hearts?
The farmer in Jesus’ story planted good seed in his field and expected a great harvest. But then one morning he discovered weeds growing among wheat. When he looked at the field now, all he could see were the weeds. The wheat seemed to have disappeared.
Have you noticed that there are so many parables in the Gospels? A parable was certainly Jesus' favorite method of teaching. But why teach in parables?
This story is a kind of parable of you and me. We are born to be a prince or a princess. But we have a defect that keeps us from being the kind of person we were meant to be.
It appears that this letter may become the extension of last week’s homily. Each one of us suffers. Each of us has a cross to carry. There is no need to make one, or to look for one. The cross we have is hard enough for us. But are we willing to take it up, to accept it as our cross?