Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 6:20-26
“Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh”. This is one of the beatitudes. So, what does it mean? Does it mean that we must weep now so that we can laugh late? No. It means that with the incarnation of God, something has changed in the life of each human being. The human standards cannot be the same. The human outlook cannot be the same. There was a fundamental change in the life of each one of us because God became part of our life. This is big. This is more than what we can imagine. God incarnated. What changed? That what is changed is that our weeping is not the end. But my weeping will be transformed into laugh because the presence of God in my life changes my life. Weeping is part of life. But with God incarnate, I can see beyond the reasons of my tears to the reasons to be happy. The presence of God in our life changes perspectives, changes outlook of life, changes in choices in life. Because with God we see more that the immediate. We see beyond the immediate, as God the eternal Father is with us. Let’s reflect: Do I see beyond the immediate as God is present in my life?
Don Giorgio