“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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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.

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 ...

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 ...