“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 bumper ...

And so, we live with crushed spirits, in a state of depression we do not even recognize in ourselves while the truly "poor in spirit" have no grandiose evaluations of themselves and so are happy ...

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 ...

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Several years ago, a friend asked if I’d pray that she would learn how to become poor.I’ve prayed a lot of things for people — that cancer would be arrested, a surgery would be successful ...

Blessed are the poor in spirit by Dallas Morning News | September 2, 2007 at 6:38 a.m. Dallas Morning News | September 2, 2007 at 6:38 a.m.

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.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." – Matthew 5:3 ...