We had the opportunity to look at our test results from May. We also took time to reflect on the Scriptures for Mass that weekend, perhaps in the spirit of the reflections we did from the end of the November prior until Pentecost Sunday.
The Gospel reading for that weekend was from Matthew 13, in which Jesus describes the Kingdom of Heaven in three ways: a treasure in a field, a pearl of great price, and workers sorting a catch of fish.
We strive to be among those good fish that are kept, the righteous who live into Eternal Life with God in His Kingdom. To be on that path, we are called in this life to behold the Kingdom of Heaven as a great treasure, which is worth all our while to strive after. Surely also King Solomon offers a great example, since in the first reading that Sunday, we heard the story of how he asked God for wisdom when God offered him anything.
Confirmation is meant to fill us the faithful with the grace of the Holy Spirit through 7 Gifts so that we can strive after the Kingdom of Heaven, building treasure in Heaven during this life on Earth, because it is the greatest good that leads to the great reward of being fully in union with God.
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