Views From the Ground Floor, Part V: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Capital, Saint-Pierre De Chauvigny

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.

The word hunger here surely means a strong desire or craving. Hunger always relates to a craving for solid food, that is, that which is material.

The thirst here is, of course, a reference to water: in this case, we can understand water as…