What is the true gift of Harvest? So what is the value of harvest in our lives? What harvest are we celebrating? Are we celebrating just the physical harvest which is wonderful but perishes or the eternal harvest inside us all Life is like going to university. We go to university to learn. University is not the goal – it is a means to the goal – it is to build muscles We have physical, mental, spiritual muscles. · The more physical exercise we do the physically stronger we become. · The more intellectual exercise we do the stronger our intellectual muscles become. · The more we read, the more we reflect, the more we pray, the more we love the greater our spiritual muscles become. What is the HARVEST - it makes life easier – more joyful – more peaceful. If we practice the Beatitudes, we do indeed improve our lives. We do indeed become fortunate or blessed. This is the harvest that lasts for ever Attending the university of life is a wonder