Blessedness

The world has always been a very rich place, abundant in natural resources, a place that was created lavishly in order to provide all human beings with plenty of food and shelter.

For those who have more than what they need, there is a constant opportunity to help the poor and all those in need. It is good to have, but don’t be too happy if you have more than you need and do nothing about your brother who is in need. The quest for riches blinds man with materialism. The reward for the poor will be the riches of Heaven; however in contrast, those who neglect charity won’t have a treasure in their future life.
Blessed are those who hunger now, they shall be filled. The world is full of riches but so blind to the poor who are starving, we do nothing and let them die. How great is the injustice of man! Jesus prepared the reward for those who are generous and care for their brothers.
Blessed are those who suffer and weep. They shall be consoled. Blessed are those who are rejected for following Jesus.
There are those who suffer in their spiritual poverty, they hunger for God, they suffer for this unwise humanity. They are persecuted because they want a better world, a world where God’s laws are obeyed. They are truly blessed.
If we want to be Jesus’ disciple, we will have to take up our crosses daily and follow Him. The road we trod is narrow and difficult to travel, it is full of temptation and suffering, it is very similar to His ascent to Calvary. The soul must travel this spiritual road and overcome all the obstacles in order to purify itself by humility and obedience. While human beings are subject to bodily sufferings because of the struggles of life, there is a parallel in the unseen part of humanity, that of the soul, which must constantly struggle to attain perfection while in the physical body.
Blessed are the pure of heart who listen to Jesus’ voice and need Jesus’ spiritual food more than the body needs physical food, Blessed are those who believe in Jesus, and accept the Will of God as the power that rules their lives.

Source:
http://www.theworkofgod.org/devotns/euchrist/HolyMass/gospel_yearc.htm