At the beginning of the sermon on the Mount Jesus gave us the Eight Beatitudes. [Matt 5;3-10]. The first one is “Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” I cannot claim to know exactly who Jesus was referring to with this nomenclature in his first blessing, even though we…… Continue reading Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
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Unxpected Blessings
Yesterday on our home visits for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, my colleague and I visited V and B. They live in a tiny two room apartment above a store front on an inner-city street near our parish church. B has a job as a cook at a restaurant in one of the suburbs…… Continue reading Unxpected Blessings
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