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    Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/strong>\u201d (Matthew 5:3<\/em>) This first beatitude is the fundamental condition for all man\u2019s spiritual progress and growth. Before everything else, if a person wants to live the life of God, he must be poor in spirit.
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    To be poor in spirit is to recognize clearly that one has nothing which he has not received from God, that one is nothing except by the grace of God. This blessed poverty is called \u201cspiritual\u201d in Saint Matthew\u2019s Gospel because first of all, it is an attitude of mind and heart, a conviction of the soul. It is the condition of man in total emptiness and openness before God, primarily in relation to the things of the Spirit, that is, to understanding and insight, to will and desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

    To be poor in spirit is to be devoid of all pride and trust in the power of one\u2019s own spirit. It is to be freed from all reliance on one\u2019s own ideas, opinions and desires. It is to be liberated from the \u201cvain imaginations\u201d of one\u2019s own heart. (Jeremiah 23:17, Romans 1:21<\/em>) For as the holy Virgin Mary, the perfect model of poverty in spirit, has sung in her magnificent song:<\/span><\/p>\n

    God has shown strength with His arm,<\/span><\/p>\n

    He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,<\/span><\/p>\n

    He has put down the mighty from their thrones,<\/span><\/p>\n

    And has exalted the humble and meek,<\/span><\/p>\n

    He has filled the hungry with good things,<\/span><\/p>\n

    And the rich He has sent away empty. (Luke 1:51-54<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jesus Himself was poor, not only in body but in spirit. Not only was the Lord a poor man, without \u201cplace to lay His head\u201d (Matthew 8:20<\/em>) but His physical poverty was the direct result of His perfect poverty of spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing . . . I can do nothing on my own authority\u2026 (John 5:19,30<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

    If a person wishes to embark on the spiritual life, he must abandon all things and follow Christ in poverty of spirit To be poor in spirit is simply to be wholly set free from the sinful lusts of this world.<\/span><\/p>\n

    If anyone loves this world, love for the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. (I John 2:15-17)<\/span><\/p>\n

    The first revelation of the will of God is that His creatures must be poor in spirit. The violation of this spiritual attitude is the original sin and the source of all sorrows.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\u201d (Matthew 5:3) This first beatitude is the fundamental condition for all man\u2019s spiritual progress and growth. 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