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 Gospel for today is one of the most
beautiful and important in the New Testament: <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>the beginning of the 
Sermon on the Mount, the eight Beatitudes.</b></span> Why is it so important? 
Because it is <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>the Son of God <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">telling </span>us how to be happy</b></span>. It is the one 
who can’t be wrong telling us how to achieve that which each of us most 
basically wants. What could be more compelling?</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>At
 the heart of Jesus’ program are <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">these Beatitudes</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>: "Blessed are the 
merciful" and "Blessed are the peacemakers."</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> These name the very heart 
of the spiritual program,</b></span> for they name t<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>he ways that we participate 
most directly in the divine life.</b></span><br></span><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">One of the most important words to describe God in the Old Testament is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">chesed</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> (tender mercy). The New Testament version of this is found in the First Letter of John: God is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">agape</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> (love). </b></span>Everything else we say about God should be seen as an aspect of this </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">chesed</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> and this </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">agape</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">Chesed</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> is compassion; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic">agape</span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> is willing the good of the other. Therefore, if you want to be happy, desire to be like God.</b></span> Do it
and you’ll be happy. <br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic"><span style="margin:0px;outline:none;padding:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Dicsőség az Atyának, a Fiúnak és a Szentléleknek most és mindörökké. Ámen.</b></span><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

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