30 Days On The Mount

-Chapter 3- The Poor in Spirit, Those Who Mourn, The Meek (Mt. 5:3-6)

Mt 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

(Lk 6:20 “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Lk 6: 25 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.)

W e must remember that the Beatitudes begin with the very upbeat and happy word blessed, fortunate in the highest degree, to be congratulated are the poor in spirit. The holiest thoughts are not somber but joyful: ‘Your blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.’ ( Mt 5:3 Mssg) The first thing Jesus was sent to do was ‘to bring good news to the poor’ (Isa 61:1). Upon the corner-stone of this first Beatitude rests all the others and the entire body of Jesus’ teaching. ‘The philosophers did not reckon humility among their moral virtues, but Christ puts it first…the foundation of all other graces is laid in humility.’ xiv

‘Poor’ the Greek ptochos- describes absolute and abject poverty, (crouching like beggars) the man who, because he has

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