Results from Tag: 'beatitudes'
Community of the Beatitudes Forms Commission to Study Past Abuses
The decision to form a commission was made at the end of the community’s general assembly, held Oct. 27–Nov. 5 in Nouan-le-Fuzelier, central France.
Keep Your Eyes Wide Open
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’ (Matthew 5:3)
The Ulma Family: Models of the Beatitudes
COMMENTARY: The nine members of the Polish family, who will be beatified Sept. 10, willingly accepted persecution on account of their love for Christ — a love that led them to the defense of others.
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.
‘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.
