A Treasure Beyond the Family: Family Reflection Video

By: Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C. on August 1st, 2018

A Treasure Beyond the Family: Family Reflection Video

What is your greatest treasure?

Growing, up my family did not have much, but there was so much joy at home because we were each other’s greatest treasure. We always prayed together as a family, and I believe that has brought us to where we are today. However, in the familiar surroundings of family, school, and church, God still had hidden a greater treasure for me: a deeper more committed relationship with Him and for Him. Thus, I became a priest.

God gave us a treasure of his own: Jesus. The more we share the good things we have learned from our families, the more we are making God’s mission our mission.

What treasure do you seek as a family? How do we share God’s treasures?

We pray that the Lord blesses our families today, our greatest gifts. Let us always remember they are our greatest treasures.

For additional reading: Today’s Gospel: More Parables

About Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C.

Father Pinto Paul C.S.C., ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1999, worked with tribal populations in northeast India as a missionary for ten years. In 2010 he came to the US for further studies. While working as a campus minister at Stonehill College, he assisted pastors in local parishes, led seminars and workshops for teachers and students in the US and earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Lesley University, Cambridge. He is currently working as the International Director of the Boston-based Holy Cross Family Ministries with missions in 18 countries.