Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. Blessed are you who are weeping now: you shall laugh. 'Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of man. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look! -your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now. Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep. ' Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets. |
The "Beatitudes", the Christian’s paradoxes
Today, Jesus repeatedly calls "blessed" to his disciples.
The "Beatitudes" are words of promise that work at
the same time as moral guidance.
Each "beatitude" describes, so to speak,
the realistic condition of the disciples of Christ:
they are poor, they are hungry, they cry, they are hated,
persecuted... The beatitudes are like practical "qualifications",
but also like theological-moral indications.
Despite the threatening situation in which Jesus considers
his disciples, this situation becomes a promise when
regarded in the light coming from the Father.
For the disciple, the "Beatitudes" are a paradox:
the standards of the world are turned upside down
when you just look at things from God’s scale of values.
The "Beatitudes" are promises resplendent with the
new image of the world and of the man inaugurated by Jesus,
His "transformation of values ".
—When I "look" through you, O Lord, then,
I live with new standards, I begin to "feel" something of what is
yet to come (Heaven) and joy enters in my tribulation.
The "Beatitudes" are words of promise that work at
the same time as moral guidance.
Each "beatitude" describes, so to speak,
the realistic condition of the disciples of Christ:
they are poor, they are hungry, they cry, they are hated,
persecuted... The beatitudes are like practical "qualifications",
but also like theological-moral indications.
Despite the threatening situation in which Jesus considers
his disciples, this situation becomes a promise when
regarded in the light coming from the Father.
For the disciple, the "Beatitudes" are a paradox:
the standards of the world are turned upside down
when you just look at things from God’s scale of values.
The "Beatitudes" are promises resplendent with the
new image of the world and of the man inaugurated by Jesus,
His "transformation of values ".
—When I "look" through you, O Lord, then,
I live with new standards, I begin to "feel" something of what is
yet to come (Heaven) and joy enters in my tribulation.
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