6 JUNE ,MONDAY IN WEEK 10 ORDINARY TIME DAILY MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

                        DAILY  MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

1Kings 17:1-6

2.Gospel:Mt 5:1-12

                                              " What do we value most?"

A certain Biblical scholar once said, " The beatitudes take the accepted worldly standards a and turn them upside down: It is indeed very surprising that the people Jesus calls happy, the world would call them wretched and the people Jesus calls wretched, the world would call them happy." When Jesus says, " woe to you who are rich," He is saying if you set your hearts and expend all your energies to obtain the things which the world values, you will get them, surely, but that is all you get, no more no less.

Nevertheless, in striving to be loyal to God and true to Christ, you will run into all kinds of trouble and ridicule, persecuted even because of Him; you may, by the world's  standards, look unhappy and unfortunate, but much of your payment/reward will be joy and happiness with God for all eternity.

Let us have a glance on these eight beatitudes

In our gospel today, the first beatitude is addressed both to the poor and the rich. To be poor in spirit means that life has to be lived in a radical dependence on the goodness and providence of God who is really the source of all good things. This beatitude does not leave out the rich people, in fact it encourages them to share their abundance with those who have so little to live a decent human existence for after all God is the true source of security and wealth.

The second beatitudes touches the core of our wounded human condition. The capacity to mourn does not bring only healing to those who are suffering but also it heals and comforts us as well.

The third beatitude is all about tranquility and gentles of spirit in a person united with God, who is filled not only with the passion to right the wrong but also the compassion to offer renewal to the wrongdoer. 

The fourth beatitude  is all about deepest thirsty and hunger of the human heart, which really is the thirst and hunger for the righteousness of God realized in justice. When justice flourishes, God's righteousness reigns.

The fifth beatitude gives a clarification concerning mercy as something more than pity. It is a movement of the heart and will for the suffering of others in a true and genuine caring. Moreover, only those who have known God's mercy and compassion can truly be merciful and compassionate to those who suffer.

The six beatitude speaks of a purity of heart that centers on God through one's concern and compassion for others. Let us understand that centering all our plans,attention, relationship and other commitment to God brings transformation to our world steeped in suffering and despair.

The seventh beatitudes tells us the triumph of peace in men and women who toil and labor for peace. True peace is found on love, justice and truth. When one of these human values is violated, peace is not attained. Peace is a total and integral human reality.

The eight and last beatitudes exalts persecution for the sake of righteousness. Suffering born of love and commitment is a suffering which is truly united with the suffering of the crucified Christ.

    

May the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ be always in our hearts!