“Blessed are The Poor (Luke 6: 20-26)” by Fr. Michael Sparough, S.J.
The most familiar reading of “The Beatitudes” is from the Gospel of Matthew, but this homily called”Blessed are the Poor” is from the Gospel of Luke. In this Scripture, Jesus is challenging the opinion that most had in regard to the poor. Jesus lifts up the value of the poor, and He tells those who are rich…