Spirituality of the Beatitudes History I will read and re-read

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she opens up the meaning of the texts and demonstrates what they may have meant to the disciples and to the community that became the early church

and saints who have embodied the gospel challenge of our day

his mystical encounters with Jesus

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Spirituality of the Beatitudes History I will read and re-readThe Beatitudes from Jesus's Sermon on the Mount offer a succinct summary of his essential teaching for Christians. In probing the meaning of these eight verses, Michael Crosby cuts to the heart of Matthew's Gospel: a spiritual message that is at once personal and deeply social. Crosby posits that Matthew's Gospel was written for a more affluent church community. As such, his Gospel offers a particularly telling challenge to Christians of the developed