Matthew
5:1-12a
When
Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his
disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed
are the poor in spirit,
for
theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed
are they who mourn,
for they
will be comforted.
Blessed
are the meek,
for they
will inherit the land.
Blessed
are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they
will be satisfied.
Blessed
are the merciful,
for they
will be shown mercy.
Blessed
are the clean of heart,
for they
will see God.
Blessed
are the peacemakers,
for they
will be called children of God.
Blessed
are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for
theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed
are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter
every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice
and be glad,
for your
reward will be great in heaven.”
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Reflection:
What are
the beatitudes all about? The beatitudes are guidelines for living that Jesus
gave to His disciples. The beatitudes deal also with humility and utter
dependence upon the goodness of God. Do you live humility and do you always
depend on the goodness of God?
As we
remember the saints today, we are being invited to take a closer look at their
lives for they lived it with humility. They did what they have to do but at the
end of the day they humbly submitted everything to the will of God.
The
saints did not do it their way they went through the way of God thus they have
to embrace the beatitudes. For example, why is the poor in spirit blessed? They
are blessed because they know that their knowledge about God is something that
they should not be proud of based on vocal proclamation. They acknowledge their
nothingness before God thus God continuously fills them.
Those who
say that they are rich in spirit are not blessed for the simple reason that
they are full of themselves. And when somebody is already full of
himself/herself, he/she automatically shuts himself/herself from receiving the
true blessings that only emanates from God. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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