A BLESSED PERSPECTIVE
A BLESSED PERSPECTIVE I sat in church today and heard "The Beatitudes" being proclaimed as the Gospel. I tried to count how many times I had heard that reading at mass, read it in the Bible or studied it in a Catechism class or retreat. I've heard it taught as the "new commandments", the way Christians should live and the "be-attitudes". Nothing connected for me. Matthew 5:3-12 eluded my understanding. The Deacon, in his homily, once again patiently explained to the congregation each of the eight characteristics that God wanted us to adopt. Light bulbs went off in my head...the Deacon was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. All my life, I've been trying to figure out how I'm supposed to live these out, but Jesus was not trying to give us characteristics we need to strive to acquire or to live out. He was giving the disciples and all of us a different perspective. A blessed perspective. To understand the Beati