The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today provide
deeper insight into the depth of the relationship to which we are invited by
our Father, God. The Church marks the feast of All Saints with descriptive spiritual
and symbolic words which draw us to seek the intervention of the communion of
saints in our journey to deep revelation of ourselves as children of God. The
deeply beautiful and symbolic language of the Book of Revelation is explained
by Friar Jude Winkler as the perfect praise to God for the reconciliation of so many in
communion with God through their lives of witness to the transformation wrought
in them by the Blood of the Lamb. The first letter of John proclaims our status
as children of God who will necessarily be transformed to be more like God when
we come to see Him. The Beatitudes are the introduction to Jesus Sermon on the
Mount where the image of those who are under transformation is developed. Friar
Jude sees those who are not arrogant as blessed by living with God. Those who
morn are consoled by God. Changes in the way the world works will be
accomplished by the meek with the blessing of God and not with violence. The
righteous will be those who are blessed by living the will of God to be
compassionate and forgiving. The suffering of the peacemakers will bring
blessing to them and the world by the witness of their lives. The question of
the psalmist in the text today about who shall ascend the hill of the Lord is
answered in some depth by the selections forn Sacred Scripture for the feast
today.
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