Beatitude

"Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation."

Listening to these words, let us allow Christ to touch our mind and our heart and to heal us completely from the root of our illnesses. Jesus came to bring love and life that overcome selfishness and death. The egoist seeks riches and takes everything to dominate others and be superior to everyone. Meanwhile, the one who loves gives everything, up to the point of giving himself, serves the others with humility, and is blessed, happy on earth and for eternity.

With the Beatitudes and the woes, Christ presents another criterion of values. While the scale of values that the society follow nowadays are the principle of violence, war, death, the contrary of being children and being brothers, and the extermination of the goods of the earth, the culture of death. The other is the principle of love, gift, solidarity, life, good life, of being children, of being brothers. The law of giving. The culture of life.

6th Sunday Ordinary Time