A Moment To Pause: Friday 19th June 2026

You are welcome to the reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time. We begin in the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. In our world today, we all look for security and great returns for our investment. We want to invest our resources where we are sure to enjoy great returns in the future. We do not want to lose our wealth due to poor investments.  Jesus in today's Gospel of Matthew 6:19 to 23, present us with the same recommendation for storing up spiritual world which is secure and profitable. He says, “do not store up yourselves treasures on earth where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal, but store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroy nor thieves break in and steal.”  Jesus is by this, calling us to invest in our spiritual lives, that is, to build our relationship with him that will lead us to eternal life. Through prayer, fellowship, obedience to His Word, love for neighbor, and ministry, we grow in our relationship with God, thereby storing treasures in heaven. In 1 John 2:17 it says, “and the world is passing away, along with its desire that whoever does the will of God will abide forever.”  May the Spirit of God help us to set our hearts and minds on God and the things above, to lead us to retain our life. Amen. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you for being with us today.