The Gospel reading today - the Beatitudes - is the most emblematic statement of just what Jesus’ message is and where God is to be found - on the margins, in a paradoxical presence where we would least expect to find God’s triumph. But that is precisely what our faith declares - God is to be found in weakness and vulnerability, not triumph and success not because God wants us to fall out precisely because it is God’s success and triumph rather than our own that matters and God works best in our weakness.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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