Treasure Hunters

Et ideo addidit Dominus, dicens: Ubi fuerit thesaurus tuus, ibi erit et cor tuum Qui in coelo semper bonis operibus thesaurizamus, ubi omnis spes et salus est nostra, ubi nobis vita aeterna reposita est, in terra licet positi, cor tamen in coelo semper habemus. Verum, non potest cor in coelis habere qui, cupiditate saeculi captus, thesaurizare sibi magis in terra maluerit. Merito et sanctus Apostolus etiam divites saeculi, quemadmodum hunc thesaurum coelestem consequi possint, hortatur, dicens: Divitibus hujus saeculi praecipe, non superbe sapere, neque ponere in incertum divitarum spem suam, sed in Deum vivum, qui praestat nobis omnia abundanter ad fruendum: bene faciant, divites sint in operibus bonis, facile tribuant, communicent, thesaurizent sibi in futurum, ut apprehendant veram vitam ab eo qui auctor est vitae et immortalitatis aeternae. Sanctus Chromatius Aquileiensis, Tactatus XVI in Evangelium Sancti Matthaei Migne PL 20 366

And the Lord continued saying, 'Where your treasure is, there is your heart.' 1 He who ever heaps up treasure in heaven, where is all our hope and salvation, where eternal life for us awaits, though placed in the world, yet has his heart ever in heaven. Truly he is not able to have his heart is heaven, who is seized by some desire for the world, but he will much more prefer to heap up treasure in the world. And rightly the holy Apostle exhorts concerning the wealth of the world, that they might be able to seek the celestial treasury: 'Especially do not proudly seek to know the wealth of the world, nor place your hope on uncertain riches, but hope in the living God, who gives to us everything in abundance to enjoy. Let them do good and so be rich in good works, giving easily and sharing, that they heap up treasure in the future age,' 2 that is, that they seize on true life, which is from Him who is the creator of life and eternal immortality. Saint Chromatius of Aquileia, from Tractate 16 on the Gospel of Saint Matthew 1. Mt 6.21 2 1 Tim 6.17-19