MrsRobot

If you could only read one passage of the Bible, it would have to be the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes. For some reason, I feel the Beatitudes do not get the attention they deserve. Perhaps it is because they paint a picture of the life on this Earth as being truly a valley of tears. Our Lord mentions those who are poor in spirit, humble, small and simple; those who mourn and suffer. Those who do not attract attention. They may be invisible. They crave not what the world has to offer, neither riches nor praise. They do not detest God's creation but treat it all, including themselves, as dust. You may think they're boring. They may not follow the latest news nor do they take too much interest in worldly dramas. They may not even talk much. They do not pose as excessively humble, they do not spend too much time making sure everyone knows how pious they are. They are traditionalist at heart, but without the obligatory social cues such as pipes or cigars. If they speak Latin, it's because they love the language of the Church, not because they get to sound intellectual. If they don't speak Latin, they don't decide to learn it just because. Perhaps they know their language learning abilities are limited. If they go to TLM, they do not consider themselves any better. If they go to NO, they adore the Eucharist, understanding that they are there to witness a sacrifice. If they suffer a clown Mass unintentionally, they weep silently, offering their pain to God. They don't monetize it. They know they don't deserve any of the Sacraments. They cry and ask for God's help, very much aware they don't deserve it. They plead with the hierarchy but they never demand. Demanding means something is owed to you. They know they are but dust and what is owed to the dust? Nothing indeed. They do demand that what is owed to God be given to God but not because it suits them. It's simply because they love justice. Which one of us here lives the Beatitudes? Which one of us knows everything is a gift? We all demand. We all believe we deserve. We are not poor in spirit. When we mourn, we do it in a way that makes the Earth tremble, so that everyone knows how bad we have it. We are not meek or merciful; we may be weak on the one hand or cruel on the other. But we know not what mercy truly is. Above all, we do not feel blessed when persecuted. We complain a lot. If there is a piece of advice I could give to everyone on X, including myself, it is this: meditate on the Beautitudes daily. Pick one each day and contemplate what it means. Read what the Church teaches on them, what the saints commented, and implement it into your own life. Little by little, step by step. I can promise you it will suck in earthly terms. But each of these Beatitudes carries eternal rewards that make it absolutely worth it. Let us suck to the world so we can be more pleasing to God.

He beat cancer and then immediately went back to tweeting about how AI sucks. That's my pope 🙏