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 fulfill it." ...
When preparing for my first confession, I was taught that we should live according to the Ten Commandments and the Eight Beatitudes, but then I discovered a problem: you can’t obey a beatitude because ...
The Eight Beatitudes, listed in the feast day's Gospel reading -- Matthew 5:1-12 -- are a clear roadmap to sainthood, the pope said, and the path followed by Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Maximilian Kolbe ...