"You blessed the Father, who conceals his plans from the wise and the learned in order to reveal them to the little ones. Even the way of the cross is traced close to the earth. The mighty withdraw from it; they desire to grasp at heaven. Yet heaven is here below; it hangs low, and we can encounter it even when we fall flat on the ground. Today's builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of Hell. God's economy, on the other hand, does not kill, discard or crush. It is lowly, faithful to the earth. Your way, Jesus, is the way of the Beatitudes. It does not crush, but cultivates, repairs and protects. Let us pray, saying: May your kingdom come! For those who think they have failed, May your kingdom come! To challenge an economy that kills, May your kingdom come! To restore strength to those who have fallen, May your kingdom come! In a world of competition and competitors, May your kingdom come! For those left behind, lacking hope for the future, May your kingdom come!
Damn, it is stronger in an expanded quote and the fuller context of Jesus' first fall is even stronger than this
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