Does the world really practice them? Which is your favorite?
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Beatitudes by Bishop Fulton Sheen
Happiness of Sacrifice
The Danger of Spiritual Sloth [Reflection on The Beatitudes]
Satan's version of the sermon on the mount [Difficult read]
The Eight Beatitudes
Why did the author leave out the 9th beatitude in verse 11?
Marcus Grodi, of the Coming Home Network on EWTN, gave a talk on the Beatitudes at Franciscan University (Steubenville) a few weeks ago at a Defending the Faith Conference, and he put up his note on a website - he correlated them with some of the spirituality of those whose journey brings them closer to God - he mentioned his source for this being a saint (whose name I’ve forgotten) who convinced St. Jerome to produce the translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate (Hebrew to Greek, if I remember correctly)
Here’s the website, which was what he put up on the screen as he lectured to us:
http://www.deepinscripture.com/pdf/Beatitudes.pdf
The pattern was that one sheds love of self and possessions, then turns to do God’s will, not only for the benefits it brings to the self, but ultimately for the love of God, and in spite of the persecution that will ensue. He puts it much more eloquently than I do, though - but that was the gist of it, as I remember.
My favorite is
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.