Viewers of the popular TV program, Antiques Roadshow, get to watch ordinary people bringing in their favorite family heirlooms to have their value appraised by an expert. Is it trash…or treasure? To the untrained eye, it can be very hard to tell. In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a series of parables to teach us that all our earthly possessions cannot compare with the priceless value, and costliness, of God’s Kingdom. Through faith in Jesus, we have been made heirs of a real, heavenly treasure that will last forever!