To: stfassisi; Zero Sum; kosta50
From your link...
The Beatitudes cannot be taken alone: they are not ideals; they are hard facts and realities inseparable from the Cross of Calvary.
Sounds like Bishop Sheen thought the Beatitudes, like the cross of Calvary, were addressed to all those who believe in Christ, not just to the Apostles.
2,078 posted on
02/14/2008 5:31:15 PM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Sounds like Bishop Sheen thought the Beatitudes, like the cross of Calvary, were addressed to all those who believe in Christ, not just to the Apostles. In the end only the Apostles had the TRUE faith..
As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. John 6:66
2,082 posted on
02/14/2008 6:03:32 PM PST by
stfassisi
("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
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