Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of
God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when
people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name
as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your
reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the
same way.
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received
your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when all
speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.
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Reflection:
Imagine Jesus reading to you the gospel for today.
How would you feel? Would you feel blessed?
The poor, hungry, weeping, hated and insulted are
blessed by Jesus. No matter what others may say about them they are blessed by
Jesus. But human as we are we hunger for the luxuries of life, who would not
want worldly luxuries?
But if these luxuries would bring us away from Jesus
and would bring us to embrace this world and eventually sin. What benefit would
it give us? Should we still embrace it? We must be discerning at all
times because the devil is always actively seeking us to snatch us away from
the love of Jesus.
If you are poor in the eyes of this world yet you
have Jesus in your heart, then you’re the richest and most blessed person in
this world. Why? Because you choose to center your life in Jesus the same Jesus
who will bring you to heaven someday and not in this temporary world. – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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