Many things can be bought with money.
But there are also many things that cannot be bought with money.
One thing that cannot be bought with money is love.
And connected with love are the people who love us. That also cannot be bought with money.
And the people who really love us are those who will even risk their lives for us.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul mentioned a number of people and some of them even risked death to save his life.
To them he expressed his debt of gratitude, and he also knows that all the money in the world cannot buy for him these people who walked with him when the rest walked out on him.
May we also always treasure the people who love us for they are indeed given to us by God.
May we also not choose money over the people who love us.
Money will come and go but the people who love us will always stay with us, especially in difficult times.
Let us thank God for them and let us also show them our gratitude.