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Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Revelations 7:2-4, 9-14
Psalm 24: 1-6
l John 3:1-3
Mathew 5:1-12
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UMMARY
All of these readings are focused on the hope of the Saints. In Reve-
lations, they cried out: "Salvation comes from our God, who is seated
on the throne, and from the Lamb". The psalmist sings about the
people "that longs to see your face". In first John: "Everyone who
has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure". And
the great statement of hope in Mathew, the Beatitudes.
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EFLECTION
The promises of the Kingdom of heaven go to those who have the
least: those who are poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, the
merciful, the clean of heart, the peacemakers, those that are perse-
cuted for righteousness sake. "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward
will be great in heaven."
But to be truthful, I really don't want my reward in heaven, but in the
life I have been given right now. I want to be well thought of, to be
able to take care of and be in charge of my self. I don't want to
mourn the loss of these qualities, and many other things I hold dear.
And I see what happens to the "meek" and it scares me to the core.
In the last two years I have been made to mourn for much. I have
been humiliated, not just humbled. I have lost the regard of many,