Those who mourn are those who are prepared to renounce and live without everything the world calls happiness and peace.
They are those who cannot be brought into accord with the world, who cannot conform to the world.
The community of disciples does not shake off suffering, as if they had nothing to do with it. Instead they bear it. In doing so, they give witness to their connection with the people around them.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ” Matthew 5:4
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. 0 LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever. Psalm 30:11-12
List the times when you have mourned “over the world.”
