Who are blessed?
"Many are called but only a few are chosen." Because not all of us accepted the invitation.
A lot of people are praying in this world but what matters to God is a ❤️ heart that loves Him: a heart that loves the poor in spirit,❤️ a heart that loves His will, and His words. He admires a heart that loves the simplicity of this world and not the material things that blinded us. The Lord emphasizes that many will praise Him only with their lips but their hearts are far from Him. They called them 'hypocrites.'
Jesus came to the world to cause division amongst us: in the family, and in our circle of friends. Jesus said that Himself.
Jesus didn't call people who are intellectual and accomplished to join Him in His ministry but only those who are willing to follow Him. He called the fishermen, a tax collector and even the man who betrayed Him. Let's not judge anyone because we don’t like them, they had a bad past, they are poor and they are not like us. But when Jesus chooses someone to follow Him- that person becomes new. Please let us not call them names....
Whatever we have done to anyone, Jesus clearly said, "you did it to me."
Those who are blessed know how to follow the law of God and the law of the land. "What belongs to Ceasar belongs to Ceasar. What is of God belongs to God." We all belong to God, we are created in His own image and likeness, so therefore we should show our love and devotion to Him.
In today's Gospel of the day
according to St. Luke 6:20-26
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."
The calling of Jesus is deeper and the road to holiness isn't easy, but with God there's nothing impossible.
"Blessed are you poor.... Blessed are you that hunger.... Blessed are you that weep.... Blessed are you when men hate you... when they cast out your name" on account of me. Why does he proclaim them blessed? Because God's justice will ensure that they will be satisfied, gladdened, recompensed for every false accusation in a word, because from this moment he will welcome them into his Kingdom. The Beatitudes are based on the fact that a divine justice exists, which exalts those who have been wrongly humbled and humbles those who have exalted themselves (cf. Lk 14: 11). In fact, the Evangelist Luke, after repeating four times "blessed are you", adds four admonitions: "Woe to you that are rich.... Woe to you that are full now.... Woe to you that laugh now" and: "Woe to you, when all men speak well of you", because as Jesus affirms, the circumstances will be reversed; the last will be first, and the first will be last (cf. Lk 13: 30). (…) Christ's Gospel responds positively to Man's thirst for justice, but in an unexpected and surprising way. He does not propose a social or political revolution but rather one of love, which he has already brought about with his Cross and his Resurrection. It is on these that are founded the Beatitudes which present a new horizon of justice, unveiled at Easter, thanks to which we can become just and build a better world. " (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus)
God bless us all!😀
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