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Pure in Heart Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 When I think of someone with a truly pure heart, besides Jesus and His blessed Mother, I think of children, little boys, and girls seeing the world through innocent eyes. Beauty, color,...
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Mercy Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 The more aware I am about my own need for God’s mercy, the more merciful I will become regarding the weaknesses of others. In the ancient prayer of the church, the Jesus Prayer, or the Prayer of...
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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Mt 5.6). It’s encouraging to me that it is not righteous people who are satisfied, or made full, it is those seeking righteousness, those who are desperate for righteousness as for...
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This is Christmas, the Nativity (birth) in the Flesh of our Lord, God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. At Christmas, we celebrate the birth as a man of the Son of God, the one who together with the Father and the Holy Spirit is truly God from all eternity. There is an old...
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Blessed are the Meek. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 Meekness is an unchangeable state of being, a Christ-like spiritual foundation that, when you see it in a person, you know they have encountered Jesus. For Jesus was meek. He...