SOCL, All Saints
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- Nov 1, 2024
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Updated: Dec 28, 2024
November 1, 2024
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
And I will give you rest, says the Lord.
See
Today we celebrate the community of faith, being in communion with all the saints, a day of both thanksgiving and vision. Thanksgiving because of the example and inspiration of the saints, who have come to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. (Eph 4:13). Vision because our Gospel today describes the path we must take to make the same journey home to God. If we wish to join the saints both now and into eternity, we must make our own the “mission statement” of Jesus, which is the Sermon on the Mount and especially the opening invitation to true happiness.
Listen
Reflect
(Matthew 5:1-2)
The blessings in the Beatitudes are primarily future blessings, but there can be an anticipation of the blessings in the present. At first reading some Beatitudes may seem to describe circumstances that you would like to avoid at all costs. Read them slowly. Stay with each one for a while.
Let yourself get a sense of the paradox involved in each one. Perhaps you have had an experience of a deeper and more authentic life, a blessing, when…
1. You were poor - you knew your need of God.
2. You mourned – could feel for others.
3. You were meek – not emotionally out of control.
4. You hungered and thirsted for some cause.
5. You were merciful rather than vengeful.
6. You were pure in heart – a person of integrity, whose actions and intentions correspond.
7. You were a peacemaker.
8. You were persecuted because you stood for something.
Pray
Jesus you are our teacher within and today we ask your help. Just as you have brought our brothers and sisters to full maturity in you, so also guide us and be with us as we walk your Way. By your grace, may we too be counted among saints in the present moment and in the life to come. Amen.
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