"Theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God” (Mt 5:9). The servant of God cannot know how much patience and humility he has within himself as long as everything goes well with him. But when the time comes in which those who should do him justice do quite the opposite to him, he has only as much patience and humility as he has on that occasion and no more.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.” There are many who, applying themselves insistently to prayers and good deeds, engage in much abstinence and many mortifications of their bodies, but they are scandalized and quickly roused to anger by a single word which seems injurious to their person, or by some other things which might be taken from them. These persons are not poor in spirit because a person who is truly poor in spirit hates himself and loves those who strike him on the cheek (cf. Mk 8,34; Mt 5:39).
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God” (Mt 5:9).The true peacemakers are those who preserve peace of mind and body for love of our Lord Jesus Christ, despite what they suffer in this world.
“Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God” (Mt 5:8). 2. The truly pure of heart are those who despise the things of earth and seek the things of heaven, and who never cease to adore and behold the Lord God living and true with a pure heart and soul.
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