2/17/19: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: A Blessing to be Poor?

In today's Gospel we have a very challenging teaching from Jesus in which he says, "Blessed are you who are poor..." And then a little later he says, "Woe to you who are rich..." This is precisely the opposite of how we are accustomed to thinking about poverty and wealth. We think that wealth is a sign of blessing, and we make it -- or at least being comfortable -- a priority in our life. So how do we wrap our mind around what Jesus is saying here? And how do we strive to live this challenging word?

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