"In the Beatitudes, and indeed in the whole Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-8), the Lord is painting a picture of the transformed human person. The Sermon on the Mount is the Lord's great moral treatise. But it is not to be understood so much as a list of things to do (out of our own fleshly power) but as gifts to receive from God's grace. This is what happens to the human person in whom the Lord lives this life through the Holy Spirit."
In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish,
Washington, DC) reflected on how the Beatitudes build on one another and lead us deeper into the spiritual life.
To access Msgr. Pope’s complete post, please visit:
Msgr. Charles Pope: Becoming the Beatitudes – A Lenten Meditation on the Gift of the Life Jesus Died to Give Us (22 FEB 15)
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