Today's Gospel is Matthew 6:19-23 from the Sermon on the Mount. Today's sound file uses the text "Where your treasure is, there your heart shall be" as its refrain, but is based on a parallel Gospel text, Luke 12: 32-48. The setting is by composer Marty Haugen, published in 2001 by G.I.A. Publications, Chicago, Illinois. It was recorded by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle on the cd, "Music for the Year of Luke," published by The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN (www.litpress.org) in 2004. The organist is Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm, B.S.G.

TEXT:

Where your treasure is, there your heart shall be.
All that you possess will never set you free.
Seek the things that last; come and learn from me.
Where your treasure is, your heart shall be.

What do you gain from all your worry,
What you should eat or what to wear?
There is peace is stress and hurry,.
Do you not know that you are held within God's care?

Where your treasure is...

Look at the ravens high above you!
They do not brood their whole lives through---
Yet God feeds them and protects them.
How much more will God protect and care for you!

Where your treasure is...

Behold the lilies in their splendor!
In grace and beauty they are dresseedd.
And yet so soon their bloom is faded.
So how much more will those who look to God be blessed.

Where your treasure is...

Do not fear little flock,
For God delights to give you the reign of God!
Give your possessions to the needy.
Gain a treasure that will not fade!

Where your treasure is...