“Blessed Are They That Mourn.” ~ Jesus. Go Vegan! Dr. Chapman Chen

Many a cow weeps when she ends up in a slaughterhouse. Her tears embody the mourning that Jesus blesses. They are not symbolic but real—an expression of grief, terror, and loss in a place of blood and death. When Jesus declared, “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matt. 5:4), he spoke not only of human sorrow but of the universal mourning that runs through all creation subjected to violence.

To mourn is to feel the wound of the world, to refuse numbness, and to stand in solidarity with the suffering. Those who allow themselves to weep with the innocent—whether human or animal—participate in the compassion of God. Their mourning is not weakness but a holy protest against cruelty.

The comfort Jesus promises is not escapist consolation but the assurance that God sees every tear, hears every cry, and will one day wipe them away. “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Rev. 21:4). The Kingdom of Heaven is a realm where the slaughterhouse will be no more, where the tears of cows, lambs, and all vulnerable beings will be turned into joy. For as the prophet declares, “They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Isa. 11:9).

Thus, those who mourn with the animals now are aligned with the heart of Christ. Their grief becomes the seed of justice and mercy, and their comfort will be the dawn of a peaceable kingdom where every creature is free. To live in that hope is to begin embodying it now—choosing mercy over cruelty, life over death, compassion over consumption. In a word: go vegan.

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