Joan Chittister: Without poverty of spirit, simplicity of desire, or contentment with enoughness, there can be no awareness of the riches that come with simply being alive, of being loved and ...

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven,” from Matthew 5:3. Jesus did not deliver this or any of the other Beatitudes as catchy phrases, as pop psychology or ...

Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3). Scott O Grady understands what poverty of spirit is because he s been there. In all his life he ...

Matthew 5:1-12, sets out the well-known opening portion of Jesus’s three-chapter Sermon on the Mount. This initiatory passage is commonly referred to as the “Beatitudes.” It consists of ...

No, in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus just says “blessed are the poor.” Now, personally, I like the idea of being “poor in spirit.” It is a rare day when I cannot imagine that phrase including me.

Though Mother Teresa was desperately poor in spirit, what faith she had was enough to move mountains. To learn of her radical doubt is not to lose respect for Mother Teresa.

Poor performance at work may seem like a small thing today, and you may not see a direct relationship between the food you waste and your children’s school fees, but in the end every small act ...

It was the poverty of spirit. In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ said, “Blessed are those who are poor in spirit, for they will inherit the kingdom of God.” Those words appear counter-intuitive.

It was the poverty of spirit. In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ said, "Blessed are those who are poor in spirit, for they will inherit the kingdom of God." Those words appear counter-intuitive.