The Father, not sparing His Only-Begotten Son, sent Him to dwell among us to enable us to live with Him forever. Through Jesus, He has given His Word, so that by that Word, we may grow into the countenance of His Son and give us an access to His kingdom. Through Jesus, He has given us a model and an example by which we must shape and transform our very own lives, with the help of His grace, into the very life of Jesus Himself.
The Beatitudes that Jesus has given us in the Gospels are the surest way to the Father's kingdom. And the beautiful thing about them is that Jesus Himself lived each and every one of them, authenticating the way set by the Father for us all. Of course, they are the exact opposite of what the world entices us to aspire to and live by. Those who understand better and have the wealth of experience will readily tell us that everything the world tempts us with is mortal, finite and short-lived as anything that is created. Only God, the Creator, lives forever and those He has gifted with the wisdom to follow the way of the Beatitudes, the way of Jesus Himself.
If, this year, there is one thing that we must learn from the Feast we are celebrating this Sunday, let it be this one simple reality - that the Way of God
is different from the way of the world,and the way of the world different from God's way.
All the people who have gone before us and who in their lifetime had lived God's Way instead of the world's, realizing the insignificance of life severed from the will of the Father, are now in the glorious reign of Heaven. For us, they are reminders of what we too should be - staunch followers f God's will in an attempt to be true to our name - Christian in the real sense of the word, devoted and unswerving to the example of Jesus, Who is our Way, our Truth, and our Life.
Fr Jess A. Enciso
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