{"id":56293,"date":"2022-02-13T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-francis-at-the-angelus-accept-the-paradox-of-the-beatitudes\/"},"modified":"2022-02-13T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T13:15:00","slug":"pope-francis-at-the-angelus-accept-the-paradox-of-the-beatitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/pope-francis-at-the-angelus-accept-the-paradox-of-the-beatitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis at the Angelus: accept the ‘Paradox of the Beatitudes’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The disciples, \u201cdo not find their joy in money, power, or other material goods,\u201d said the pope, but rather in \u201cthe gifts they receive every day from God: life, creation, brothers and sisters, and so on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

These gifts, he explained, \u201care the gifts of life,\u201d and disciples \u201care content to share even the goods they possess, because they live according to the logic of God.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A disciple of Jesus Christ will \u201caccept the paradox of the Beatitudes,\u201d said Pope Francis, meaning that \u201cthey declare that those who are poor, who lack many goods and recognize this, are blessed, that is, happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is in contrast to the \u201cworldly mindset\u201d that possessions, wealth, and other things lead to happiness, he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus, on the contrary, declares worldly success to be a failure, since it is based on a selfishness that inflates and then leaves the heart empty,\u201d said the pope. The disciples, when faced with this \u201cparadox of the Beatitudes,\u201d had to become aware that they must enter into the logic of God, not the other way around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Entering into the logic of God \u201crequires a journey, sometimes worrisome, but always accompanied by joy,\u201d Pope Francis said. \u201cBecause the disciple of Jesus is joyful, with the joy that comes from Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n