Any thoughts on what it means to be poor in spirit? I think I have a good idea of what it's not. But defining what something isn't is not the same as understanding what something is.
My mom's partner is a therapist. When one of her clients tells her a quality they'd like to posess, Deb asks "What would that look like?" I guess that's what I've been asking myself. What would it be like to be poor in spirit? How would I live that everyday?
Shalom, Shalom
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Today was one of those rare Sundays when I had no liturgical role but to
worship. Coming off of the Holy Week, Easter Week, Divine Mercy cycle I
have bee...
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Good morning, sweetie! To be poor in spirit means not to have preconceptions -- or rather, not to be led by one's own preconceptions (we can't avoid having them!). St. Francis was poor in spirit. I always think of how when Christ invited him to rebuild his church, he started hauling and stacking stones. He didn't know what Christ meant, but he set to work according to what he could understand, trusting that if he simply followed the instructions, Christ would provide the rest (and he did!). Or, best of all, if you can spend some time with 3 year-olds -- they are perfectly poor in spirit. If you get the chance to visit a Level I atrium of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, you will find the perfect workshop for adults who share the space and experience of "choral listening to God" with the smallest ones -- the perfect workshop for learning poverty of spirit (which I think can also be called the capacity to wonder). We learn it by being humble in front of the children, who show us the way.
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