What’s new under the sun?

When­ever I get com­fort­able, He always reminds me of the following:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the king­dom of God.
“Blessed are you who are hun­gry now, for you shall be sat­is­fied.
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
“Blessed are you when peo­ple hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your con­so­la­tion.
“Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hun­gry.
“Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
“Woe to you, when all peo­ple speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Also, I stum­bled across this New York Times arti­cle, “Rich and Poor Chris­tians” pub­lished way back in 1884. Old, yet rel­e­vant news.