Happy and blessed 1:

Overview

Beatitude: a state of supreme happiness.

That is what the bottle of aromatherapy oil says. But when Christians talk about the Beatitudes (capital B) they are talking about a specific set of teachings by Jesus given in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:3-12 or in the Sermon on the Plain Luke 6:20-23. The word comes from the Latin meaning happy and blessed.

I tried to find where I had blogged about this before, I know I have, but was unable to find it. I need to index and tag my blogs better. It was when looking at indexing my blogs on Matthes Gospel that I discovered that. It may have been done on the St Pixels or Wibsite blogs I had before this and have gone.

So for completeness, I am blogging the Beatitudes again. Here are the passages.

Matthew 5:2-12

² And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

⁵ “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

⁶ “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

⁷ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

⁸ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

⁹ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons^a]”>[a] of God.

¹⁰ “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 6:20-23

²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹ “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²² “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! ²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

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