by: Fern Feraren
“Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness sake, for they shall be satisfied.”
A lot of people have been blamed for something that they didn’t do. For years now, there have been murders that cannot be explained, mysterious cases that have not yet been solved. The police usually call these cases, “COLD CASES”. Cold cases because they have been rotting in the cold dark storage rooms of the police headquarters. This also applies to my life. I too, have been blamed for something I didn’t do. And when this happens to me, I usually feel outraged. I have been blamed for killing a cat. I have been blamed for breaking the door in our house. I have been blamed for a lot of things, but one thing’s for sure. I have learned to accept that other people make mistakes.
Two of the things the Lord wants us to do is to forgive and forget. We forgive the sinners. We forget the sin. The Lord has called us to spread out his good news and by spreading out his good news, we have a vocation and these vocations can lead to sanctitiy.
I believe that these 8 beatitudes will be the one who will determine who will go to Heaven or remain in Purgatory.
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. -It all starts here. Nothing happens until we come to the realization that we are so bankrupt in our own spirituality that we must depend on an outside/external source—our Heavenly Father.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.- Once we realize that we are morally and spiritually empty without the Holy Spirit in our hearts, and that we are sinners by nature, the natural emotional response is to mourn over our bankrupt souls.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.- Here is a real misunderstood term in today’s world. Say the word “meek” and other words come immediately to mind; words like “cowardly” or “timid” or “wishy-washy” or “pacifist” or “weak”. This is an excellent example of how the Beatitudes completely contradict and turn around worldly values. The dictionary in my Bible defines "meek” as humbly and gently doing God’s will.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied. -If we recognize that we are indeed poor in spirit, and we mourn over the depth of our sinfulness, and we meekly put our lives in God’s hands and follow His will because we are all too aware of our own impotence, we must take the next step and beg God to wash those sins away.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.- Our God is a merciful and loving God. We know that, by God’s perfect standard, there is not one righteous man on this earth. We also know that the wages of sin are death. God must punish sin, but His great love for us means that we can be forgiven of our sins.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God. -Jesus told the people that it wasn’t enough for us to be blameless in our actions. Our hearts and thoughts had to be pure as well.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. -How do we become peacemakers? We become peacemakers by loving God with our entire being. We become peacemakers by loving our neighbor as much as we love ourselves and by being God’s hands and feet in this world. We become peacemakers by being poor in spirit, by mourning over our sinfulness, by being meek, gentle and humble, by thirsting after righteousness, by being pure in heart through the Holy Spirit, and by being merciful towards others.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven -If you faithfully follow Jesus in all that you do, the world will hate you. Period. The good news, though, is that Jesus says that if we follow Him, and love His Father with our entire beings, we will be blessed with an inner joy and peace that is impossible for non-believers to comprehend.
Right now, I think that I cannot comprehend the beatitude that states, “Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the land.”
I know that there’s a deeper meaning to it but right now, I cannot see that deeper connotative meaning, but maybe if I look into it more, I will see what God truly wants me to realize.
If only the people in the world listen to what the 8 beatitudes want us to do and realize, then there will no more be chaos in the world today. We can live peacefully without any fights. There will be equilibrium among the nations. No more wars. No more killings. No more mass destruction. Just peace, love, equality, freedom, trust, hope and faith.
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