I have been asked to review the Beatitudes and their present-day relevancy. I think most Christians believe the words of Jesus, but some find it difficult to live their daily ...

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The Beatitudes, where blessedness is found in weakness and humility, can provide valuable lessons for today, particularly for people who are growing older.

You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

His truest abode became the poem; the poem became his destiny. As a human being, as an artist, and as a follower of Christ, he saw that his vocation was to continue to speak the truth — and so he did, ...

A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.

Bob Kaufman (1925-86) was a founder of the magazine Beatitude and an author of several poetry collections, including “Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman” (City Lights Publishing, 2019); “The ...

THE Gospel for the feast of All Saints’ is the Beatitudes. In eight brush-strokes, Jesus paints what is, in truth, a self-portrait, giving clarity and definition to the features of the person whom ...

Kandel’s poem “First They Slaughtered the Angels” was printed in the anthology “ Beatitude,” alongside work by Kerouac and Ginsberg.

ONE of the most intriguing teachings of Christ are the Beatitudes. (cfr. Lk 6,20-26) They make us wonder why it is blessed to go through all kinds of suffering here on earth—to be poor, hungry ...

We do not read the Bible as it is meant to be read. Theology always risks leading us astray by elaborating its own discourse, with the biblical texts merely as a point of departure. The presence of ...