Gospel of the day St. Luke 6, 17. 20-26

And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases,

Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said:

“Blessed are you poor,
For yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now,
For you shall be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now,
For you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy!
For indeed your reward is great in heaven,
For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.

“But woe to you who are rich,
For you have received your consolation.

Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger.
Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and weep.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

 

Whatever they may say.

If we follow the Lord, there will be a cross. As soon as we go deeper, as soon as we enter the radicality of the Gospel, as soon as we proclaim the cross as the necessary path to achieve salvation, as soon as we talk about desiring holiness… There will already be people around who get upset, criticize, point fingers, or slander…
This is the moment to rejoice because I am finally on the path of Truth.

 

Applied to Married Life:

Montse: There are people who rebel against St. John Paul’s teaching on sexuality in marriage. It’s a shame because they miss out on the greatest thing.

Vicente: Indeed! They haven’t yet discovered the enormous dignity that God has given them, and that dignity obliges them to abstain from certain acts even within marriage. What they don’t know is what they gain by living the union of souls and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that happens.

Montse: Totally. Of course, our dignity demands a respect for the one who seeks communion, and pleasure is always a consequence, not a goal. When we don’t respect ourselves as temples of the Holy Spirit, we later pay for it in marital life. The thing is, they criticize us for announcing it this way.

Vicente: So then… Glory to God.

 

Mother,

We thank God for showing us the truth. Blessed be He forever.