The rewards, not just in v. 12, but throughout the Beatitudes are focused on the future: “they will be comforted…”; “they will see God”; etc.

The Beatitudes -- a call to actionA friend sends along this outstanding essay from Tod Lindberg at the Hoover Institution on the meaning of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12, printed in full below ...

When the Beatitudes take root in lives, they flower in different ways. Both of these women live on both sides of the Beatitudes: mourning and comforting, making peace and needing it, offering ...

In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence Jesus Podcast," Dear sits down with Sr. Joan Chittister to unpack the Beatitudes as bold, countercultural ways of living that challenge systems of ...

Thanks to students and others at Beatitudes of Our Lord Catholic school, deputies from the Norwalk station will have about 100 stuffed animals – most of them are teddy bears – to give out.

Each of the Beatitudes individually, and all of them together, help us to see the presence of God and the work of his kingdom in our world.

The Gospel passage today is Luke’s version of the beatitudes. It is critical to understand that beatitude is not something we achieve; rather, it is something we receive.

We are familiar with the Beatitudes. (cfr. Mt 5,1-12) At first glance, they appear to us as a crazy formulation of what would make us blessed.

Today's Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 tells Catholics all over the world (including 88 million Filipinos) of the Beatitudes.