Be Blessed: The Beatitudes and a Flourishing Life
User’s Guide to Sunday, Jan. 29: St. Thomas Aquinas comments that the happiness described in the beatitudes is a stable happiness not easily unsettled or taken away.
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‘Hope and Closeness’ in the Holy Land: Patriarch Pizzaballa Prays With Catholics on Mount of the Beatitudes
More than 8,000 young Catholics from the United States prayed together Tuesday where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
Blessed Aren’t the Warmakers
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, needs to remind Vladimir Putin of Christ’s call to be peacemakers.
Pope Francis at the Angelus: Accept the ‘Paradox of the Beatitudes’
The Holy Father reminded the faithful that ‘the disciple of Jesus is joyful, with the joy that comes from Jesus.’ Following the conclusion of the Angelus, he offered prayers for Ukraine.
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Sermon on the Plain
SCRIPTURES & ART: A fresco by the 15th-century artist Cosimo Rosselli depicts the scene from this Sunday’s Gospel.
Pope Francis Urges Slovakia to Follow the Beatitudes to Build a Just Society
The Pope will also visit the Slovakian cities of Prešov, Košice, and Šaštín before returning to Rome on Sept. 15.
Pope Francis: The Saints Are ‘Authoritative Witnesses of Christian Hope’
For the Solemity of All Saints, the Holy Father explained how holy men and women, though all unique, lived the beatitudes.
The Beatitudes Show the Path from Selfishness to Holiness, Pope Francis Says
Pope Francis noted that those who follow the path of the beatitudes soon find themselves in conflict with the world.
Pope Francis: Poverty of Spirit Does Not Hide Shortcomings From the World
In his general audience, Pope Francis taught on the first of the eight beatitudes spoken by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in St. Matthew’s Gospel: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
