--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 6/10/10 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 6/10/10 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2010/06/10/daily-readings-reflection-for-61010#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 6/10/10 Jun 10, 2010 9:00:50 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on Today’s Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: June 10. Lectionary # 362 I Kings 18:41-46. Psalm 65:10.10-11.12-13. Matthew 5:20-26. Jesus continues the sermon and we can imagine that he is giving us the implications and interpretations of the beatitudes.  All of us are called to be peaceful people (peace makers), meek (kind, open, generous), and merciful (a quality of God's love for us called "Hesed").  The strong stance of Jesus starts with the commandments and then spells them out through the beatitudes.  We focus on the fifth and sixth commandment in today's word from Jesus--Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery.  The third,fifth and seventh beatitude are the practical ways of living out the positive side of what Jesus is saying.  No temper tantrums, no angry words or violence, no abusive behavior, and above all the great gift of reconciliation if we have wronged a sister or a brother.  The beatitudes that seem to match Jesus words for today are, therefore, Beatitude three: Blessed are the  meek, they shall inherit the earth; beatitude five: blessed are the merciful, they shall receive mercy; and the seventh beatitude: blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God. The image of reconciliation is one of the most beautiful and powerful in the New Testament: "So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift before the altar and go: first be reconciled to your brother or sister and then come and offer your gift."  This is very sensitive especially when approaching the altar for communion. It is preceded by the exchange of a sign of peace and this has to be from the bottom of our hearts and from our willing it.  We may not be drawn to a particular member of the community but we do have to offer the exchange of peace before we are to receive the Lord. Jesus is always more than a teacher in his sermons and discourses. He is the personification of Wisdom and the Beatitudes.   He orders all things rightly, guides us on our path of life, helps us in the gift of reconciliation and tells us to be careful how we call our brothers and sisters.  We are fortunate to have this long and beautiful sermon of Jesus and to hear his living voice when it is  read at the liturgy or pondered over in our meditations.  Jesus observed the commandments in a joyful and enthusiastic way.  We do the same by framing them with the spirit of the beatitudes.  How? Just by listening and doing what Jesus is telling us especially in the beatitudes of Matthew's Gospel and those of Luke.  Jesus, most likely, meditated on Psalm One when he thought about what he was to say in giving us the beatitudes. In that Psalm the word beatitude actually opens the Psalter.  The word for beatitude will be used twenty-five more times in the psalms . It is used forty five times throughout the Old Testament and fifty times within the New Testament. 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