Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26
Jesus came down with the Twelve and stood on a stretch of level ground with a great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon. And 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:
The story is told about a mountaineer who went to climb the world’s highest peak. When he was at the peak of the mountain he felt that he was so blessed. Because he was in the midst of the cloud and he had an impressive view of the topographical environment beneath him.
When he was descending already he saw a group of poor people worshipping God and singing, “I am so blessed because I know that God loves me even if I am poor.” It was the long refrain of the song thus he keeps on hearing it until he passed by them and he saw for himself how happy they were even if they were poor.
What makes you happy and blessed right now? There are many factors that would make you feel happy and blessed. For example, if you can afford to live a comfortable life and you are not suffering from any sickness you may be are happy already and you may think that you are blessed already.
But are you really happy and blessed because you have a comfortable life and you are not suffering from any sickness? You may say, “Yes” but in deeper retrospection this kind of life that you are having right now is not the be all and end all of life.
Because the be all and end all of life is to live it with God, even if you are not living a comfortable life and even if you are suffering from sickness for as long as you have God you are blessed. Why? Because God is Supreme in this world and God’s supremacy extends beyond this world.
Hence, you are blessed even, if you are poor, even if you are suffering, even if you got sick with covid-19 and even if you are weeping and hurting because God’s love, mercy and protection is with you.
Do you feel blessed by the Lord? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
2 comments:
Amen, praise the Lord our God Jesus He loves us and we love him so much in our life we trust in him alone, we are hope about our relationship with God. Thank you God for today's blessings. Blessed are they who hope in the Lord, no someone else. I thank you for your good teaching, God bless you in Jesus Mighty name Amen
I thank God for is good every time I put my hope in him alone. I trust in him alone. I love him because he love me he sent his Son Jesus to save me in my sin.
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