COVID 19 BEATITUDES

The Beatitudes are a series of blessings spoken by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Here are some blessings for these trying times of Covid 19

Blessed are those who stay at home. They not only keep themselves safe. They also help keep others safe and take the pressure off of a strained medical response. They shall be called curve flatteners.

Blessed are the ones who must work as nurses and doctors and first-responders and truck drivers and grocery store workers and police officers and fire fighters and others. They work hard in the face of a terrible demand. They often put themselves and their families in danger.They are more than heroes. They are angels in disguise.

Blessed are those who wear a mask and stay away from others when they must go out. They are demonstrating unselfishness.

Blessed are the volunteers. They work at food banks and give blood and make masks and do whatever they can for the common good. They shall be called saints.

Blessed are those who check on their neighbors and especially the elderly. They become an urgent contact with the world for those who are most in need. They are living the gospel.

Blessed are the parents who face monumental challenges with caring for and teaching and keeping safe their children. They are heroes.

Blessed are the scientists who tell us the truth about what is safe. They are working day and night under massive levels of pressure to find treatments and vaccines to end this plague. They will do the work of God in laboratories.

Blessed are those who patiently believe that this virus driven hard time will not last, but will not hurry up to go back to normal in a way that will threaten themselves and others and make this last longer. They are the ones with true strength.

Blessed are the ones who use humor to lighten the anxiety for us all. They are bringers of peace.

Blessed are those who worship remotely instead of gathering in churches that will only cause more people to get sick and die. They are proclaiming that the church is not a building. They are proclaiming that we are closer together now in spirit.

Blessed are Those who pray. As they pray for the sick and grieving, they remind us that each of those numbers in the statistics are broken hearts.They acknowledge that our God is stronger than this virus. They reassure us that it will end and God will have the final word.