The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes

Written and created by My Mother Rose.

“The Beatitudes are no spiritual “to do list” to be attempted by eager, rule-keeping disciples. It is a spiritual “done” list of the qualities God brings to bear in the people who follow Jesus.” Author Ronnie McBrayer

This January, I wanted to take the time to go through each Beatitude and explore what they mean and how can we live them in our own lives. As a part of the Mother Ministry, I am going to share a little activity that you might like to do with your children or grandchildren, and I am going to include a link to a card game that you may like to play as well Look to Him and be Radiant: Beatitudes & Modern Saints .Women of Faith and Hope as we explore the Beatitudes this month most of my research comes from the book (The Eight Beatitudes by Father Lovasik S.V.D.). 

First ask yourself this question what do the Beatitudes truly mean to me? I will be honest I never really understood the Beatitudes I thought as Christians and Catholics we prayed for people who were poor in spirit, who mourned, who are meek, for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the peace makers, the merciful, the pure in heart and those who are persecuted for righteousness’s sake. I did not realize that it takes all of us to live up to the Beatitudes not just a few all who serve God, all who are following Jesus as disciples and all of us who are seeking heaven. So, let us climb and go up the mountain and hear Jesus teaching how one should live, how one should pray and how we should treat one another just the way God loves and cares for each one of us. On this journey we should pray to Jesus that we can imitate and understand his teachings and practice in our own daily lives.

Now ask yourself how are the Beatitudes going to teach me? The eight Beatitudes teaches us to trust in God, to live and aspire to the traits Jesus describes. Today and more than ever the Beatitudes do still have some relevance and have the power to make positive changes in peoples lives. We are truly blessed people to be able to possess the same qualities as the one who gave his life for us on the cross, which leads me to the following definition of Beatitude; ‘Beatitude means supreme blessedness, the state of divine favor. Spiritual blessedness, typically that reached after death.’ A little more meaning, Beatitude comes from the Latin beatitude, meaning blessedness.

“In the end, Jesus does not merely speak the Beatitudes. He lives the Beatitudes. He is the Beatitudes.” Saint Pope John Paul II

May God Bless Always.