The Beatitudes sung by Aradhana in Hindi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2UI25sayXk“ Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy Those who are poor in this world Blessed are they, blessed are they For the kingdom of heaven is theirs Blessed are they, blessed are they They who mourn in this world, will have peace The meek […]

In a recent sermon, Joe AC, pastoral director of Parkdale Neighbourhood Church in Toronto concluded with these modern day Beatitudes from the perspective of our contemporary, self-satisfied church culture. by Joe Abbey-Colborne Blessed are the well off and those
…with ready answers for every spiritual question;
…they have it all. Blessed are the comfortable;
…they shall avoid grief. Blessed […]

Blessed are the lost and confused, for admitting what the rest of us deny Blessed are the paranoid for they will realise they were right all along Blessed are the addicts, for they will be able to release themselves Blessed are the welcoming and friendly, for they will be welcomed by many friends Blessed are […]

Jesus declares, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ The English wording can sound rather sentimental. ‘Blessed’ translates the Greek makarios, which in turn translates the Aramaic ashray (from the verb yashar), which Jesus would have used. Elias Chacour the Palestinian Melkite Archbishop of Galilee whose mother tongue is Aramaic, says the word means ‘to set yourself up on the right way for […]

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Depend on God. Don’t let material things get in the way of loving God and others. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Share other people’s sorrows and joys.  Don’t sent yourself apart from others. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit […]

Rowland Croucher The Beatitudes, those sayings of Jesus that make up part of his Sermon on the Mount, are the heart of his teaching on the kingdom of God. But I would guess that whether you are a believer or not, you would probably have rarely, if indeed ever, have heard a sermon on these […]

Jesus says: “Blessed are the poor, the gentle, those who mourn, those who hunger and thirst for uprightness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness” (Matthew 5:3-10). These words offer us a self-portrait of Jesus.  Jesus is the Blessed One. And the face of […]

  Joyful are those who know they are helpless For they rely on God, And God’s eternal Commonwealth is theirs.   Joyful are those who know sorrow and pain, For peace and quiet joy will be theirs; Gentle certainty will be theirs; And strength will come to them in abundance.   Joyful are those who […]

By the Reverend Dr Nyambura Njoroge, who is programme executive for the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa of the World Council of Churches. “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.” (Psalm 72:18) Blessed are the leaders who safeguard human dignity, justice, peace and biological diversity and integrity […]

Be understanding to your perceived enemies. Be loyal to your friends. Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with that you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know […]

The Beatitudes Of The Empire The Beatitudes Of The Kingdom Blessed are the rich and famous, for everything in the empire is theirs. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who are funny, for they will be the life of the party. Blessed are those who […]

John Dear Open your Bible to Matthew 5 and you will never be the same. Gandhi and King called those passages the grandest manifesto of nonviolence ever written—beginning with the storied Beatitudes. Grand for a number of reasons—for their poignancy and conciseness, for their sheer poetics, for their morality and practicality. But grand, too, for […]