BLESSED ATTITUDES – 4 th  Sunday Ordinary Time, Year A             Not everyone’s major goal in life is seeking the Lord, or justice, humility or keeping the counsels, commandments and ways of the Lord. Not everyone really wants to be poor in spirit. Not everyone is sorrowing over sin, hungering and thirsting for holiness. Not everyone wants to show mercy, be single hearted or a peace maker. Not many want to be persecuted for holiness sake, and be glad and rejoice over being

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MANY MESSENGERS – 3 rd  Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A             Temperament, values, experiences, and personalities draw different people. Those to whom we are more attracted have a greater influence on us. They may say and do the same things with greater effect on us than someone else. This also has consequences for how we hear the Gospel. Perhaps this is one of the reasons the Lord calls such a variety of people with varied temperaments, looks, likes and dislikes, to pr