The Gospel of the Mass of February 1, 2026
GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW*
At that time, seeing the crowds, Jesus climbed the mountain. He sat down, and his disciples came to him. Then, opening his mouth, he taught them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in heart, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you if people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, because of me. Rejoice, be glad, for your reward is great in heaven!”
* Chapter 5, verses 1 to 12a. Other readings: Book of the prophet Zephaniah, chapter 2, verse 3 and chapter 3, verses 12 to 13; Psalm 145 (146); First letter of Saint Paul to the Christians of Corinth, chapter 1, verses 26 to 31.
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Dominique Lang, journalist at Le Pèlerin and Assumptionist religious.
So. It’s starting.
With the beginning of chapter 5 of the Gospel of Saint Matthew begins a long teaching of Jesus to begin to form the Kingdom of God in the heart of each person. And it starts strong. These beatitudes, which have become so famous, constitute a sort of reading grid of the people and attitudes which allow the Kingdom to spread against all odds, despite the violence and injustice of all the small collective and personal kingdoms here below. We will have understood: they are not a list of good actions from which we should choose the one that seems most accessible to us. On the contrary, it is an invitation to discover around us men and women who already live from this poverty, this gentleness, this mercy and this compassion which save the world. And these traits are also those that we must allow to grow in us to the detriment of all the others that Jesus will denounce later: blind wealth, hardness of heart, indifference to suffering, pride that destroys. On the way!
The journey with Christ is long and beautiful.
