Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time • Year A
Reality hurts, but illusions kill. If our illusions are shattered along the way it means that no ultimate harm will come to us, because what we have lost is unreal. Being mesmerized by them is the real danger. It remains for us to pursue what truly is real, to keep these other seductive goods in their proper perspective. It’s no wonder that Jesus made the first beatitude “Blessed are the poor in spirit.”