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Beatitudes, THE EIGHT, the solemn blessings (beatitudines, benedictiones) which mark the opening of the Sermon on the Mount, the very first of Our Lord’s sermons in the Gospel of St. Matthew (v, 3-10).
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The beatitudes are the basic outline, the interior contours, of this new spirit. Jesus, the new Moses, writes these not on tablets of stone, but on the human heart changed and elevated by grace. Thus, the new law is an interior law.
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The Beatitudes are the teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-10). Jesus teaches us that if we live according to the Beatitudes, we will live a happy Christian life.
The Beatitudes are eight simply stated, yet profound guidelines Jesus revealed to His followers during His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus uses the words of The Beatitudes to paint a picture of what the true people of God look like.
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( Verse 7 ) Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. ( Verse 8 ) Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ( Verse 9 ) Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ( Verse 10 ) TEXTUAL CRITICISM.
The Beatitudes are divinely given means for us to attain blessedness and thus true happiness as disciples of Jesus Christ. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) summarizes well the meaning and purpose of the Beatitudes:
Sep 12, 2022 · The Beatitudes teach us to understand as the deepest level of our experience that the last shall be first and the first last–or to put it in the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly” (Luke 1:52).
The word Beatitude refers to a state of deep happiness or joy. These Beatitudes are taught by Jesus as the foundations for a life of authentic Christian discipleship and the attainment of ultimate happiness. They give spirit to the Law of the Ten Commandments and bring perfection to moral life.
The Beatitudes. The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can ...
A rticle 2 OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE I. T he B eatitudes 1716 The Beatitudes are at the heart of Jesus’ preaching. They take up the promises made to the chosen people since Abraham. The Beatitudes fulfill the promises by ordering them no longer merely to the possession of a territory, but to the Kingdom of heaven: 1265 1050
