2. What it is not?
are not a series of
commands: be merciful! act
as peacemakers!
Rather they picture for us the
face of Christ in sketching the
vocation of every disciple of
Christ, drawn to share in His
Passion and Resurrection.
3. They present the qualities, actions,
and attitudes of Christ’s disciple
4. What it is?
the essential qualities,
actions, and attitudes of
Christian living
offer the paradoxical
promises which sustain
hope in our tribulations
announce blessings and
reward
5. The blessings of the
Kingdom
are promised to the poor and
the powerless;
to the gentle and the afflicted;
to those who seek eagerly for
a righteousness beyond
external observance;
6. The blessings of the
Kingdom
to the compassionate and the
pure-hearted;
to those who turn from violence
and seek reconciliation.
7. The Promises
Jesus promises a unique
type of happiness:
to inherit God's Kingdom,
to possess the earth, to be a
child of God,
to receive mercy,
to see God.
9. Significance
“poor in spirit”-not identified
with the materially poor
rich or poor who put their
confidence only in God
They can be poor but even
the rich could live in total
dependence on God
10. To be “poor in spirit” means
to realize that salvation is
not achieved by our own
efforts or by what we have
It is realizing our utter
powerlessness apart from
God
Significance
11. Witness of Faith
A teenage girl named Anne got a
summer job working as a maid in a hotel
at an ocean side resort. She cleaned ten
rooms every day. She met all kinds of
interesting people, including celebrities.
Of all people she met, Mr. Smith stood
out from all others. One weekend, Mr.
Smith showed up with only one overnight
bag. As Anne went into his room to
clean, he told her not to clean his room
and just asked for clean towels.
12. Witness of Faith
Anne clean his room. He even helped
fixed his bed. That Saturday, while
Anne was walking down the lane on
her way to a 4:30 Mass, a car pulled
up next to her. It was Mr. Smith and
he invited Anne for a ride. While
inside the car, Mr. Smith asked her a
series of questions such as: How often
did she go to Mass? Why did she go
when lots of teenagers didn’t? How
good were the sermons?
13. Witness of Faith
She replied “Come and see.” Mr. Smith
asked Anne if he could go with her.
She was quite uneasy about Mr.
Smith’s odd questions. She felt at ease
when Mr. Smith knelt down and kept
his eyes shut throughout the Mass.
After the Mass, he got up and hurriedly
went out without saying goodbye. The
next day Anne went to clean his room
but he was not there anymore. Instead
there was a box with a note attached.
14. Dear Anne,
The gift inside the box is for the beautiful
thing you’ve done for me without even
knowing it. My marriage has been rather
shaky lately—so much so that I finally told
my wife that I was moving out for a few days
to think things over. The more I thought, the
more confused I got. Then you came along.
You invited me to “come and see.” Your
beautiful faith in God touched me deeply.
15. When I attended Mass with you, it was for
the first time in ten years. During that Mass
God gave me an insight into my problems and
the desire to stay with my wife. I’m going
home, grateful to God and grateful to you for
being a shining light at a time when my world
was very dark. I will never forget you for
helping me rediscover my faith.
16. Blessed are they who
mourn, for they will be
comforted.
Second Beatitude
17. refers to those who are
sincere and who have the
compassion for those who
suffer such as the lowly, the
bereaved, the victim of
injustice, the oppressed,
the ones who experience
poverty, loneliness,
rejection,
18. Concrete Example
The prisoners who are
innocent of the crime of
which they are accused,
those who suffer from
prejudice or because of their
faith or principles.
They who are able to bring
comfort to these persons
who suffer are blessed.
19. When Will I Die?”
In 1910 a newspaper column carried
the following story. Jimmy, age 10,
was a devoted brother to his sister,
age 6. He nearly panicked when his
sister fell off her bicycle and cut a large
artery in her leg. The bleeding was
profuse, and by the time the doctor
arrived at the scene, the little girl was
close to dying.
20. When Will I Die?”
At that time blood transfusions were not
yet common. Carrying the girl into the
house, the doctor managed to clamp
the cut ends of the artery, but the little
girl’s heart was still failing. In
desperation the doctor turned to
Jimmy and asked, “Jimmy will you give
me some of your blood to help your
little sister’s life?”
21. When Will I Die?”
Jimmy swallowed hard, but
nodded his head. So the
doctor placed him on the
kitchen table and began
withdrawing blood from one
of his veins. Then he injected
the blood directly into the
little girl’s vein.
22. When Will I Die?”
For the next 30 minutes, the doctor
and the family anxiously watched over
the little girl and prayed. The doctor
kept his stethoscope over her heart to
check if it was beating. Finally she was
over the crisis. The doctor wiped the
perspiration off his brow. Only then did
he notice that Jimmy was still
stretched out on the kitchen table,
tense and trembling.
23. When Will I Die?”
“Wh-when will I die?” replied Jimmy
through clenched teeth.
The doctor realized that Jimmy
misunderstood what the request for his
blood really meant. Jimmy imagined
that his sister was going to need all his
blood, which meant that Jimmy,
though hesitating a moment and
swallowing hard at the doctor’s original
request, had silently agreed to die for
his little sister!
24. When Will I Die?”
The doctor had tears in his
eyes as he reassured Jimmy
that he had extracted only a
little of his blood for his sister,
and that Jimmy was not going
to die. Jimmy was willing to
sacrifice even his life, so that
his sister might live.
26. Significance
Meek are those who have
surrendered themselves
completely to God.
Meekness is not passive
resignation or servile conformism.
Rather it is the openness to the
future which God wants to realize
through us. It means being non-
violent.
27. Significance
It means being non-violent.
The meek are not easily
provoked to anger, they have a
heart that is tranquil, calm,
serene, and peaceful.
They also have the heart of
correcting the wrong.
29. Significance
Hunger and thirst refer to
an ardent desire for God.
It is a longing for what is
upright, virtuous, and morally
right.
A desire for what is true and
just.
30. Significance
The satisfaction expressed in
this beatitude refers to an
inner joy and peace that
one can experience through
his efforts in seeking God’s
righteousness.
It is a satisfaction found
only in God.
32. Meaning of Mercy
Mercy is not merely a feeling
or emotion, rather an action.
The merciful are those whose
heart is tender and who
truly feel in the deepest parts
of their being, the pain and
the suffering of those who
need help.
33. More importantly, they are
merciful to individuals and
go out of their way and make
the effort to help the needy.
Not isolated, occasional acts of
charity but living out the daily
experience of compassion
35. Clean of Heart
This Beatitude speaks of those
whose motives are undivided,
those who are sincere and single
minded.
“Clean of heart” refers to those
who put God at the center of
their lives.
It also means total commitment
to God’s will and plan.
36. Clean of Heart
The promise to those clean of
heart is to see God, which
means, a vision of God, an
intimate experience of God’s
presence in one’s life.
“Truly, God is good to the
upright, to those who are pure
in heart” (Ps. 73:1)
37. Test in Honesty
The professor told his class, “Today
I’m giving two examinations—one in
calculus and the other in honesty. I
hope you will pass them both. But if
you must fail one, then fail calculus.
There are many good people in the
world who cannot pass calculus, but
there are no good people in the world
who cannot past the test of honesty.”
39. Peacemakers
The ones who are blessed are
not those having peaceful
lives, not the ones who are
quiet, neither those who are
peacekeepers.
40. Peacemakers
The Beatitude is directed to
those who commit
themselves to social justice.
They are those who make
efforts to share and bring
peace to everyone.
41. 8th Beatitude
Blessed are they who
are persecuted for
righteousness, for
theirs is the kingdom
of heaven
42. Persecution
It does not merely refer to
any other kind of persecution
but the persecution for
righteousness- for Christ
It is following Christ even
amidst strong oppositions.
43. Persecution
They are persecuted because of
doing what is good.
“Blessed are you when they
insult you and persecute you and
utter every kind of evil against
you because of Me. Rejoice and
be glad, for your reward will be
great in heaven.” (Mt. 5:11-12).
44. “If you wish to be my disciple,
pick up your cross, and follow me…”
45. “Though He was in the form of God,
He did not regard equality with God something
to be grasped at. Rather, He emptied Himself,
taking the form of a slave, coming in human
likeness, and found human in appearance, He
humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death,
even death on a Cross.”
Phil 2:6-8
46. A Prayer and Act of Charity
O my God, I love you above all things
with my whole heart and soul
because you are all good and worthy
of all my love. I love my neighbor as
myself for the love of you. I forgive
all who have injured me and ask
pardon of all whom I have injured.
Amen.
