blessed are the poor in spirit

Lenten Devotional – Mon, Feb 22: POOR

‘Poor’ in this Beatitude is an alternate form of poverty. In the Gospel of Luke, Christ’s blessing names the economic poor. In Matthew, Christ’s blessing is extended to the ‘poor in spirit’ and has a spiritual, faith-based element to it. Let us be clear, this Beatitude shouldn’t be used to romanticize or valorize poverty. Or […]

Lenten Devotional – Sun, Feb 21: BLESSED

Scripture for the FIRST FULL WEEK of LENT from Matthew 5: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Daily Devotion: Beatitudes describe a state of blessedness. In the original Greek used to write the Gospel of Matthew, the word for blessing is makarios (singular) and makaroioi (plural). It is […]

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