"Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you
who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you
who are now weeping, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you
when people hate you,
and when they exclude
and insult you,
and denounce your name
as evil on account of
the Son of Man.
Rejoice and leap for joy
on that day!
Behold, your reward
will be great in heaven.
For their ancestors
treated the prophets
in the same way.
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
Woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will
grieve and weep.
Woe to you when
all speak well of you,
for their ancestors
treated the false
prophets in this way."
From the Gospel of Luke
proclaimed on Feb. 14,
the sixth Sunday
in Ordinary Time
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