Rev. Geoffrey St. Hoare
November 02, 2008
The beatitudes which we have heard today and which begin the Sermon on the
Mount are more than promises for the weakest among us: those who mourn and
the peacemakers, the meek and the merciful. The beatitudes are more the
constitution of the new Israel, the new humanity that God brings into being
in Jesus. They are to function much as the Torah functioned for the
Israelites.