19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light;
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.”

Reflection

There are two important words from the gospel to think about. Jesus spoke about treasure and the eye.

There are two kinds of treasures: 1) earthly treasure that is consumable and that can be taken away or eaten by insects; 2) heavenly treasure that can last, not just for a lifetime, but for all eternity. So the question is: What kind of treasure do you have?

Jesus says: Where your treasure is, there is where your heart is. So, what is the content of your heart? Is it earthly or heavenly? Is it more on material things or is it more on love, faith, and hope – the things that last? Now is time to refocus your investment.

And then, there is the eye. How is your eyesight now? Is it sound? Okay, we may have a 20/20 vision but many times, we don’t really see the important things in life. In fact, we see only what is good for our physical life. All the while, we don’t see or we refuse to see what is essential.

In the novel “The Little Prince”, the fox said: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the naked eye.”

There. We now have the connection between our two words: treasure and the eye. If we use our heart to reflect on the things we see, we will understand that the things of this world are not that very important. What really matters are good relationships with our creator and with other beings. When we use our eyes to see what is good, what is true, and what is beautiful, when we start to see the beauty in us and in others or for that matter, the beauty of creation, then we can have wholeness that Jesus is talking about. Then we can say that our sight is sound!