September 10 - Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Col.3:1-11; Ps.145:2-3,9-13; Lk.6:20-26) “Set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God’s right hand.” Is this not the central message of the Lord’s beatitudes: “Be intent on things above rather than on things of earth.” For how could we be blest in poverty, hunger, and weeping if our hearts are set on this earth? And how could riches and fullness and laughter be curses except that they do not find their origin in heaven? Paul makes it explicit: “You have died!” he declares, and leaves no question but that our “life is hidden now with Christ in God.” There…
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