Beatitudes

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1. Eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The word is from the Latin beatus, meaning “blessed,” and each of the Beatitudes begins with the word blessed. They include “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” and “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

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But the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes?

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

The Gospel for the service was the Beatitudes, the admonitions by Jesus to his disciples to stand with the oppressed, which Molina spent her career putting into action:

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023

If anyone doubted his taste for stylistic extravagance, the titles of some of his books — like “The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2017

The words of the Beatitudes — the nine blessings recounted in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount — happened to be prescribed in the liturgical calendar used by Catholics and many Protestants for this week’s readings.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2017

Mack and the boys—the Virtues, the Beatitudes, the Beauties.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck