MONDAY 7th JUNE 2021
Matthew 5, 1-12:
“Blessed are the poor, the mourners, the sufferers, the merciful, the pure in heart, the persecuted”.
One of the great aspirations of human beings is to be happy.
And everyone bases their happiness on something or someone.
Jesus, as a new Moses who gives a new law, shows us today the way to happiness and tells us that true happiness and true joy are not based on having but on being.
Happiness and joy do not lie in having money, fame, triumphs, power…
The programme that Jesus proposes to us is quite the opposite. It is based on poverty, on sharing, on humility and simplicity of heart, on not seeking one’s own interests, but the interests of others.
In short, it is the same programme on which he himself was based.
As we have already mentioned, Jesus’ programme is to “wrap the “towel” tightly around your waist” and to “get your hands and apron dirty”.
This indicates that you are working for and serving others.
Good day.
Antonio Sanjuán Marín, cmf
