Who are the mourners?

I share these words with you as I leave the house of my neighbor who passed away this morning and preside at a funeral of another Church member. In Lament for a Son, Nicholas Wolterstorff writes:

"Blessed are the mourners; for they shall be comforted."

"Who then are the mourners? They are the ones who realize that in God's realm of peace there is no one blind and who ache whenever they see someone unseeing. They are the ones who realize that in God's realm there is no one hungry and who ache whenever they see someone starving. They are the ones who realize that in God's realm there is no one falsely accused and who ache whenever they see someone imprisoned unjustly. They are the ones who realize that in God's realm there is no one who fails to see God and who ache whenever they see someone unbelieving. They are the ones who realize that in God's realm there is no one who suffers oppression and who ache whenever they see someone beat down. They are the ones who realize that in God's realm there is no one without dignity and who ache whenever they see someone treated with indignity. There are the ones who realize that in God's realm of peace there is neither death nor tears and who ache whenever they see someone crying tears over death. The mourners are the aching visionaries. And Jesus blesses them; he hails them, he praises them; he salutes them. And he gives them promise of a new day.”