In a recent interview between Pope Francis and a group of young people, listen to how it concluded:
“When his guests said they were ready to ask the last question, the pope laughed, “Ah, the last! The last is always terrible.” They asked the pope to pose a question for them.
He said his question came from the Gospel, when Jesus says to not store up treasure on earth, but in heaven, “For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” The pope asked them: What do you treasure and hold close to your hearts?
Is it “power, money, pride or goodness, beauty, the desire to do good?” “It can be many things,” he said, and he asked them to find the answer for yourselves, alone, at home.”
Pope Francis in “Be Honest, discover what you hold dear to your heart” as reported by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, 4 April 2014.
When the pope had the opportunity to ask a group of young people anything, I love two things about his response. First, it came from the heart of the gospel. Second, he urged them to think honestly about what they were treasuring in their hearts.
So whether you are reading this meditation on your iPhone en route to work, in the privacy of your home, or elsewhere, take a moment to be honest and ask yourself: What do you treasure and hold close to your hearts?
Why do this? Where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. And Jesus cares about where your heart is.