Blessed are those who hear the word

“‘Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.’ He replied, ‘Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.’” (LK 11: 27-28)

Perfect integrity: body and soul. We are bodies and we are souls. St. John Paul II reminds us in Familiaris Consortio: “As an incarnate spirit, that is a soul which expresses itself in a body and a body informed by an immortal spirit, man is called to love in his unified totality. Love includes the human body, and the body is made a sharer in spiritual love.” (FC, 11). To serve properly we need to remember about all our dimensions: we need to take care of our bodies and our emotions, of our minds and our souls. We can’t give just one, like only “hear the word of God” and not to “observe it.”

“Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” (Gospel Acclamation)