These reflections on the Beatitudes are gathered under the title Blessings precisely because the Beatitudes contain the central teaching of Jesus on ‘blessedness’. This teaching, like much else in the gospels, is radically opposed to the self-centred pursuit of happiness which has become respectable in modern society. Thus the book shows that poverty, mourning, meekness, righteousness, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking and suffering persecution are the true blessings we should seek.
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Ireland | 9780854393770 | 130 | Paperback |