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BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT

4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR A God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise First Reading Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13  In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly people Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger. But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord: the remnant of Israel. They shall do no wrong and speak no lies; nor shall there be found in their mouths a deceitful tongue; they shall pasture and couch their flocks with none to disturb them. Responsorial Psalm:  Blessed are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs! Second Reading 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many wer...