Reference: Beatitudes
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This word comes from the Latin abstract beatitudo, used in Vulgate of Ro 4:6, where David is said to 'pronounce the beatitude' or blessedness of the forgiven soul. Since the time of Ambrose the term has been used to describe the particular collection of sayings (cast in the form of which Ps 32:1 is an OT specimen) in which Christ depicts the qualities to be found in members of His kingdom
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O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent is your majestic (magnificent) name in all the earth!
O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent is your majestic (magnificent) name in all the earth!
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up (turned) to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully.
([Psalm of David]) Blessed is the person whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is pardoned.
The meek (gentle) (mild) (humble) will inherit the earth and will delight in the abundance 0f peace.
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.
Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame! My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
Blessed (Greek: makarios: happy, blessed) are those conscious of their spiritual need, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. read more. Blessed are the meek (gentle) (mild) (humble), for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will receive mercy and compassion. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in heaven. The prophets, who came before you, were also persecuted.
Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in heaven. The prophets, who came before you, were also persecuted.
Do not loudly announce it when you give to the poor. The hypocrites do this in the houses of worship and on the streets. They do this to be praised by men. Believe me, they have already been paid in full.
Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I assure you they have been paid in full.
When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their reward.
He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the humble. He fills the hungry with good things and sends the rich away empty handed.
Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealous one,
He looked at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.
Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment.
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
David also pronounces blessing on the man, to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation). But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away.
The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.