Reading, Feb. 16 -- Sixth Sunday of the Year C - February 16, 2025.

Jer. 17:2-8; Responsorial Psalm 1:1-2.3.4 &6(R.Ps.40:ab); 1 Cor. 15:12-16-20 & Gospel Luke 6:17.20-26.

Raised in a society that sees wealth as a blessing from the Lord and poverty as a curse, the Prophet Jeremiah changes the narrative by laying a curse on those who trust created things. In the second reading, St. Paul responds to the resurrection controversy by insisting that we would remain in our sins if Christ had not been raised. In the gospel reading, Christ presents the Beatitudes to a large crowd. Jesus, the paradoxical hero, urges us to go against the currents by redistributing wealth even as we relish the joy of detachment - the best form of spiritual detox.

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