…those who know their need for God, who rejoice in their littleness and exult to call God their Father…
…those who know they need others and who gladly accept their help…
…those who understand that they have nothing and are nothing and can do nothing except through God, with God and in God…
...those whose food and drink it is to do the will of their Father...
…those who are nobodies in the eyes of the world but somebodies in the eyes of God…
…those who can say "please" and "thank you" and "you go first" and "I'm sorry" and "I was wrong" -- and really mean it…
…those who keep company with the Mary, the Mother of Christ, and with all the angels and saints…
…those who make their home in the Church, their mother…
...those for whom no sacrifice is too great and no service too small...
…those who hope in God alone…
Blessed are the poor in spirit! Only they can sing with St. John of the Cross: "Mine are the heavens and mine is the earth. Mine are the nations, the just are mine and mine the sinners. The angels are mine, and the Mother of God, and all things are mine; and God himself is mine and for me, because Christ is mine and all for me." The kingdom of heaven is truly theirs!
Dear Jesus, help me to grasp what my greatest and truest riches are -- and deliver me from hoarding them. Amen.
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