<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpf550c1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><h3 class="ydp5e1b5745message-name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a title="Click to View this Item" href="https://sjnj.com/index.php?i=898#sermon898" class="ydp5e1b5745h3-link" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">\u201cBecoming Blessed\u201d</a></h3><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Posted on the web at http://www.sjnj.com</div><p class="ydp5e1b5745paragraph ydp5e1b5745message-summary" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"></p><div>Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">February 1, 2026</div>Matthew 5:1-12<br>In day to day living we are called to be different, counter-intuitive, and even possibly \u2018totally out of it\u2019 as viewed by the rest of society if we actually follow the Beatitudes of Christ. They confound the world. They challenge the way we see things, and they totally upset the way most people think things \u2018ought\u2019 to work.<p></p></div>=</div></div></body></html>