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Gospel Reading - Treasure in heaven

³²“So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom. ³³Sell what you have and give to those in need. This will fatten your purses in heaven! And the purses of heaven have no rips or holes in them. Your treasures there will never disappear; no thief can steal them; no moth can destroy them. ³⁴Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.

³⁵“Be prepared—all dressed and ready— ³⁶for your Lord’s return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks. ³⁷There will be great joy for those who are ready and waiting for his return. He himself will seat them and put on a waiter’s uniform and serve them as they sit and eat! ³⁸He may come at nine o’clock at night — or even at midnight. But whenever he comes, there will be joy for his servants who are ready!

³⁹“Everyone would be ready for him if they knew the exact hour of his return—just as they would be ready for a thief if they knew when he was coming. ⁴⁰So be ready all the time. For I, the Messiah,^a will come when least expected.”