A friend sends along this outstanding essay from Tod Lindberg at the Hoover Institution on the meaning of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12, printed in full below.). The author finds in these famous ...

The Beatitudes in Matthew are the beginning of what my late teacher Ben F. Meyer called “Five Speeches that Changed the World” in a little book of the same name.

The Beatitudes are action-packed messages. Why would the poor of spirit (3) or the meek (5) be so rewarded? We need to realize that Jesus is spreading the messages to elevate and inspire us.

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We are familiar with the Beatitudes. (cfr. Mt 5,1-12) At first glance, they appear to us as a crazy formulation of what would make us blessed.

Open your Bible to Matthew 5 and you will never be the same. Gandhi and King called those passages the grandest manifesto of non-violence ever written -- beginning with the storied Beatitudes.

In his weekly audience on Aug. 6, the popular pontiff reflected on how Christ built on what was given to Moses, telling Christians why they need to know the Beatitudes, found in Matthew 5:3-12, as ...

VATICAN CITY — The eight beatitudes proclaimed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount reveal the path from selfishness to holiness, Pope Francis said at his general audience Wednesday.