Today’s Gospel is about the Beatitudes, one of the most profound teachings by our Lord Jesus Christ as a means of having a closer relationship with our Divine Creator.

“This pilgrimage marks a moment of hope and closeness to the people of the Holy Land,” Father Rino Rossi, rector of the Domus Galilaeae on the Mount of the Beatitudes, said.

In this book he examined the five discourses in Matthew’s Gospel, of which the Sermon on the Mount is the first. The Beatitudes begin the Sermon on the Mount.

Pope Francis has urged Christians to follow the indications provided in the Beatitudes in order to avoid taking the path of greed, vanity and egoism. Speaking on Monday morning during Mass at the ...

Benedict-Ratzinger reads the Sermon on the Mount in three parts, all of which reveal the person of Jesus Christ, incarnate Son of the Father. First, there are the beatitudes, which express who ...

Below is a selection of essays from Christianity Today on the Beatitudes, including an argument on how the 16th US President’s character reflects Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, an analysis on ...

Many have wrongly understood the Sermon on the Mount to be merely an ideal; something to strive for but not actually achievable. But, the Beatitudes show us that Jesus is saying something else ...

What are "The Beatitudes for Caregivers"? The Beatitudes are from the Bible and listed in Matthew 5:3-12 and Luke 6:20-26. They are at the heart of Jesus' teachings and declarations of blessedness ...

More than 8,000 young Catholics from the United States prayed together Tuesday on the Mount of the Beatitudes, where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount.