Jesus offers 4 beautitudes and 4 woes in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel according to St. Luke, saying those of us who are poor are blessed, and woe to those of us who are rich.
Pondering the idea of poverty versus riches, if don't recognize our need for God, we will ultimately wither by not drawing upon Him.
The reading from the Prophet Jeremiah uses a great illustration of a tree watering itself from abundant streams, an illustration also in Psalm 1.
We are blessed when we don't seek to live in our own strength, but constantly draw upon God, Who is the limitless source of life..
Indeed, we stake ourselves in God because He is alive among us because of the Resurrection of Christ. Without it, we have no life and no faith.
Like waters that constantly keep us fresh, we can count on the Resurrection to bring us alive with waters ever living.
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