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This text of St. Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians enlightens us to see and appreciate the following: we have a treasure and we carry it in vessels of clay. This symbolizes our fallen nature that easily falls and sins. To encourage us onward in battling our weaknesses, we need to consider we have a treasure consisting in the life of grace, our divine calling, our quest for holiness, God's love for us manifested in so many details during the day. Hence, we should not love hope. We should reach this level of self-knowledge.