PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 6 June
2016
HAPPY THOSE
WHO MOURN
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Happy those who mourn: they shall
be comforted.” (Matt 5:1-12)
Reflection. Lewis, a TV detective series, borrowed
a phrase from GM Hopkins, describing him as “that unhappy priest.” It a sense
it is true. Hopkins “seemed a stranger,” in his own words, in the squalor of nineteenth
century industrial England. Yet his dying words were, “I am so happy.” “Happy those
who mourn,” seem words that affront a sorrowing mother who has lost her child.
Yet the gospel speaks to the deepest layer of our human experience. The “Sermon
on the Mount,” which we begin today, reaches a level of our calling which
integrates and gives meaning to what is most painful.
Prayer. Lord, may we live the Beatitudes, the
blessings you promise to the children of the kingdom of God. Amen
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