Beatitudes

1. Eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount . The word is from the Latin beatus , meaning “blessed,” and each of the Beatitudes begins with the word blessed . They include “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” and “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

Example Sentences

Accordingly, they took the holiday and its secular beatitudes very seriously—a day of fervent gratitude for being alive, for being together, and for having a home.

From The New Yorker

So from this mother to her son, here are three beatitudes for the workplace:

From Washington Post

Every one of Jesus’s beatitudes was fewer than 140 characters, so there’s no reason the faith’s message cannot be delivered effectively in today’s social media era.

From Time

If I were composing a new set of beatitudes, one of them would be in exaltation of health: Blessed are they that have health, for they shall take pleasure in life.

From Project Gutenberg

Physical infirmities make us live in the atmosphere of the gospel beatitudes; we are then truly the poor ones of Christ, or rather poverty itself.

From Project Gutenberg