We can treasure different things in life. We can treasure something for the sentimental value it has for us, perhaps because it was passed down to us by our parents or grandparents. We can treasure something because it is worth a lot of month. We can treasure something because it brings back a lot of memories of a person or a place. God’s kingdom is a place where God’s peace reigns, a place of healing, wholeness, and justice. God’s kingdom is to be treasured like a buried treasure or like a valuable pearl. Each person in the Gospel today chooses that treasure above everything else. Upon finding that treasure, the person feels an incredible joy that is unlike anything else. Back in the end of May, we celebrated the feast day of St Philip Neri, a Catholic priest who live back in the 16th century who is a patron saint of joy. Philip Neri infused the joy of his faith in all he met, radiating in his holiness and in the way he evangelized others. It was said that all who met Philip Neri immediately felt the joy of his faith. Do we truly feel joy in our life of faith? How are we passing on the joy of our faith with others? May the joy of Christ’s Gospel message always fill our hearts.
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