RESPONSES TO THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN
Mary, my wife and my favorite English teacher, recently passed along the following to me. It is entitled, appropriately, “The Lesson,” and although its author is unknown, I strongly suspect she or he was an English teacher. Then Jesus took his disciples up on the mountain, and when they had gathered around him he taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn . . . Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . . . Blessed are the meek . . .Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness . . . Blessed are the merciful . . . Blessed are the pure in heart . . . Blessed are the peacemakers . . . Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Then, Simon Peter said, “Are we supposed…
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