We mourn all kinds of conditions in our lives, and the second beatitude certainly promises the comforting presence and peace of the Holy Spirit to God's children in the depth of our sorrows. But Jesus is particularly calling us to mourn our sins--to express a "godly sorrow" that leads to repentance. And he is calling us to mourn over the things that are terribly wrong in our world. Those who mourn are promised the comfort of God's unfailing love, forgiveness and restoration; the comfort that comes from comforting others; the comfort of knowing that we are agents of God's hope; and the comfort that comes from God's promise of a future when all creation will be made new and there will be no more mourning.
