The sixth beatitude pushes us from focusing on the externals to the hard task of evaluating the internal.
The question is not, “Who needs mercy?” The question is, “How soon? How often? How much?”
When you want to drown out a truth, your lies or half-truths don’t have to be believable or well-founded.
Walking with Jesus in the final week.
Our eyes can be easily diverted, but Jesus wants us to look where he is looking. And that means looking to the cross.