2 Cor 11:18, 21-30 / Matthew 6:19-23
The purpose of our eyes is to give us sight so that we can interact with other people and our surroundings.
With our eyes, we are able to admire what is beautiful and pleasant.
But with our eyes, we may also begin to desire and to crave for more than we need.
So as much as we admire something that is beautiful and elegant, we may also begin to desire for it and want to possess it.
But we need to remember that what we want to possess will, in turn, eventually possess us.
Often we forget that, and so whatever we see desirable, we want to possess, because we think that the more we have, the happier we will be.
But in the 1st reading, St. Paul tells us what his happiness is.
While others boast of their worldly achievements and possession, he “boast” about his feebleness and poverty.
But in having nothing, he had Christ, who is his everything, and that is his happiness.
Let us ask the Lord to open our eyes to see that Jesus is our everything, and He is all we need to be happy.