2 Cor 11:18, 21-30 / Matthew 6:19-23
Children in catechism classes are often asked who is their bible hero or heroine. Of course this is to help them familiarize with bible characters and to take one as a role model.
So if we were asked who is our bible hero or which bible character is our role model, who would we say it would be?
Of course there would be many great bible figures to consider, from Abraham to Zechariah.
And if we were to choose St. Paul as our bible hero or role model, then we can be sure that we have very big shoes to fill.
In today's 1st reading, we hear of a compressed version of what sufferings he underwent for the sake of Jesus.
Despite such an impressive resume, yet in the end, St. Paul could only say that he could only talk about his feebleness or weakness.
Because St. Paul knew that the sufferings of this world could not be compared with eternal glory that was awaiting him, and his feebleness or weakness is his unworthiness for such an inheritance.
St. Paul could see the eternal treasures that Jesus was talking about in the gospel.
May we too see the eternal treasures that Jesus has promised us and may we in turn be role models and signposts that will point others to the eternal treasures