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As such, they embody and consummate all God's commandments as revealed in stages through time and recorded in the Scriptures. The Catechism says they are the way pointed by Christ himself that leads us to eternal bliss.


This is how the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches about the beatitudes:


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As such, they embody and consummate all God's commandments as revealed in stages through time and recorded in the Scriptures. The Catechism says they are the way pointed by Christ himself that leads us to eternal bliss.


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The divine wisdom behind the Beatitudes

By Fr. Roy Cimagala | June 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Obviously, if we are to use our human reason alone, without the guidance of faith, we would consider the Beatitudes a crazy idea. I’ve heard some supposedly intellectual commentators describe the Beatitudes...

Freeman Opinion

Blessed

By GOD’S WORD TODAY | October 31, 2015 - 10:00am

These are days we flock to the cemeteries to visit our dear departed.

Opinion

LOL: Love Out Loud 4th Sunday in ordinary time

By GOD'S WORD TODAY | By Jonjee C. Sumpaico, S.J. | January 30, 2011 - 12:00am

I borrow the title of this article from my former pupils at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (Ateneo de Cebu) who used it as the name of their Christmas outreach program for indigent children.

Opinion

The Beatitudes or the Sermon on the Mount

By Bobit S. Avila | January 30, 2011 - 12:00am

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.

Freeman Opinion

The reason for meekness

By Fr. Roy Cimagala | March 9, 2007 - 12:00am

Christian believers always regard the beatitudes as the ultimate ideals to pursue in life. They are considered the pitch of Christian perfection, the very canon of God's ultimate will for us. As such, they...

Freeman Opinion