Tears And Comforts

Beati lugentes; quoniam ipsi consolabunter.  Lugentibus aeternae consolationis solatia repromittit. Non orbitates aut contumelias aut damna moerentibus, sed peccata vetera flentibus, et criminum quibus obsordescimus conscientia aerumnosis, haec sedula in coleo consolatio praeparatur. Sanctus Hilarius Pictaviensis, In Evangelium Matthaei Commentarius, Cap IV Source: Migne PG 9.932c

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted... 1  The comfort of eternal consolation is promised to those who mourn. Not to those lamenting over loss, or insults, or wounds, but to those weeping over old sins, by which awareness of the crimes that defile with wretchedness, this consolation is diligently prepared in heaven   Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4 1 Mt 5.4