The Sermon on the Mount
Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
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🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the movement of the Holy Family. |
| 0:03.0 | So welcome to our Rosary Meditation. |
| 0:06.0 | We are on the Mount of Beatitudes, |
| 0:10.0 | overlooking the Sea of Galilee. |
| 0:13.0 | We're in this place Jesus delivered both the Beatitudes and the sermon on the Mount, |
| 0:21.0 | which we meditate on in this rosary. So let's begin in the name of the |
| 0:26.4 | Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. In the sermon on the mound Jesus |
| 0:32.1 | gives us the new minimum. |
| 0:35.0 | People always wonder, what's the minimum I need to get into heaven? |
| 0:40.0 | Well, the new minimum of the Gospel is everything. |
| 0:45.0 | In his letter to the Philippians, Paul writes that Christians must take Christ as their example |
| 0:56.3 | Insofar as he emptied himself and took the form of a slave |
| 1:02.1 | But what does it mean concretely to empty ourselves in imitation of Jesus? |
| 1:07.0 | Well actually Jesus himself tells us he lays out a program in the sermon on the mount for how his followers can empty themselves. |
| 1:20.0 | Empty themselves of pride, |
| 1:23.0 | worldliness, selfishness, |
| 1:26.0 | and pour themselves out in love for others. |
| 1:29.0 | But it's not a case of half measures. |
| 1:34.0 | Empty means empty. |
| 1:37.0 | Christ doesn't want just part of us. |
| 1:40.0 | He wants us to give our all and he tells us be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. |
| 1:50.7 | Put simply, for a disciple of Christ the new minimum commitment is everything. |
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