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The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes are a set of 8 teachings by Jesus that begin with the word "blessed". They provide guidance for behavior and explain what it means to be blessed. Being blessed means having a deeper joy and knowing God's spirit lives within you, not just being happy. The Beatitudes describe being poor in spirit, mourning, being meek, hungering for righteousness, showing mercy, having a pure heart, making peace, and being persecuted for righteousness. Following these teachings will lead to blessings but won't be easy, and God's help is needed to achieve them. The Beatitudes are similar to Catholic Social Teachings around caring for the poor, respecting life, and promoting justice, mercy, and peace

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The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes are a set of 8 teachings by Jesus that begin with the word "blessed". They provide guidance for behavior and explain what it means to be blessed. Being blessed means having a deeper joy and knowing God's spirit lives within you, not just being happy. The Beatitudes describe being poor in spirit, mourning, being meek, hungering for righteousness, showing mercy, having a pure heart, making peace, and being persecuted for righteousness. Following these teachings will lead to blessings but won't be easy, and God's help is needed to achieve them. The Beatitudes are similar to Catholic Social Teachings around caring for the poor, respecting life, and promoting justice, mercy, and peace

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The Beatitudes

What are the


Beatitudes?
It was a sermon (a talk on a religious
subject) delivered by Jesus on the Mount (a
hillside) that explains 8 points that start
with the word blessed.

The Beatitudes
Matthew 5: 1-12
Beatitudes are a set of teachings by Jesus.
They are intended to guide our behavior.

What does blessed


mean?
To be blessed is to be more than happy.
Life doesn't always go our way, sometimes
we get sick or someone gets hurt and of
course this doesn't make us happy but
being blessed is being full of joy on the
inside even if things aren't perfect.
It's a deeper joy because we know, as
believers, that the spirit of God lives in us
and we will live with him in heaven
someday.

Two Versions of
Beatitudes
Matthew is the most popular version of the
Beatitudes but there is another, least
popular version recorded in the Gospel of
Luke.
The two versions have major differences,
like the time and place they were recorded
at.

The First Beatitude


Blessed
poor in spirit,
are the

For theirs is the kingdom of heaven

Meaning
Being poor in spirit means that we arent
attached to all the stuff that we have.
You understand that God has given you all
the great things or blessings and we
should be very thankful and even willing to
give them up or share them with others.
People that are poor in spirit also admit
that they need JESUS AND OTHER PEOPLE
because they REALISE WE ALL NEED HELP
TO GET THROUGH LIFE!!

The Second Beatitude


Blessed are those who mourn, for
they shall be comforted.

Meaning
When you see someone being sad, you
come up to them and mourn with them.
God promises to comfort us when we need
it.

The Third Beatitude


Blessed
meek,

are

the

for they
shall
inherit
the
Earth

Meaning
Being meek is being patient, not easily
angered and not thinking of yourself too
highly. For example: in the Bible were the
Pharisees, they would make sure people
knew that they were fasting and praying
and seemed proud about what they were
doing for God.
God is looking for us to do these things
without putting on a show for others but
doing it just for God, not for the approval
from others.

The Forth Beatitude


Blessed
are those who
hunger and thirst for
righteousness, theirs is the
Kingdom of
heaven

Meaning
Being righteous is impossible on our own.
Can we always do right by God? No, and
God knows that. We can try our best to do
the right thing and if we don't, we can ask
for forgiveness and the forgiveness erases
all the bad. The verse not only asks us to
try to be righteous but to hunger and thirst
for it.
God wants us to need and feel like we're
starving for righteousness and He will fill
us up with it.
Righteous means to be = Morally right or

The Fifth Beatitude


Blessed are the merciful, for they will be
shown mercy.

Meaning
To have mercy is to be loving and kind to
others. This doesn't mean just being
loving and kind to your family and friends
but also to those who you might not know
and even those you don't like.

The Sixth Beatitude


Blessed are the
Pure in Heart,
for they
shall see God

Meaning
Being pure is like having a clean heart.
Jesus is talking about the place where we
think and make decisions, why we do
things, and our thoughts. If we keep our
mind, thoughts and decisions full of good,
God says we'll understand Him more.

The Seventh Beatitude


Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be
called children of God.

Meaning
Helping others to get along would be a big
part of it.
It would require active participation, turning a
blind eye or simple witnessing is not
peacemaking.
The second part of this beatitude says: then
you will be called the children of God. Being
God's child would mean that you truly are a
part of God's family and that you're starting
to be more like Him.

The Eighth Beatitude


Blessed are
those who are
persecuted for
righteousness sake,
for theirs is
the kingdom of
heaven.

Meaning
God knows that being who He wants is not the way
the world acts. By doing the opposite of the world
we will be made fun of or worse because people
don't understand why we don't do things only for
ourselves. By living a life doing things for others
confuses the way the world thinks. A lot of people
in the world want beauty, money, and don't care
about others as long as they get what they want.
This is opposite to the life God wants us to lead.
Doing the right thing isn't easy but God wants us to
know that the kingdom of heaven is waiting for us if
we can get through the tough times in this life.

The beatitudes end saying that we


should rejoice and be glad because by
following these we will receive great
treasures in heaven.

Teachings
God promises that we will be blessed if we follow these
teachings but it won't be easy. We all are still figuring
out how to do these things. Don't be discouraged.
God calls us to be different than the rest of the world.
Keep in mind that the beatitudes are impossible to do
without God's help. He wants to help and be a big part
of decisions you make and all that you do.
Jesus didn't give us these beatitudes and then want us
to fail. He wanted to give us something to aim for, to
work on our whole life to try to achieve. He wants us
to try our best and give us a life full of blessings and
reward us even bigger in heaven someday.

Do the Beatitudes
sound similar to
something else?

The Beatitudes and the


Catholic Social
Teachings
Each of the Beatitudes may remind us of some aspect of
Catholic Social Teaching
Our preferential option for the poor
Our special concern for anyone who is suffering
The profound dignity of every person irrespective of wealth or power
Our hunger for justice in the world and
in its institutions and structures
Our concern for mercy and justice in our criminal justice system
Our profound respect for life in all it forms
Our care for the earth as a gift from God
to be shared by all
Our passion for nonviolence and peace
Our willingness to face opposition and to live by values different from those of our
culture.

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