"I was totally convicted with the realization that Jesus’s presence in the Eucharist cannot be separated and sterilized from Jesus’s presence in other people, especially God’s beloved poor" Louise Locke

"I am very certain that true words spoken of in the Beatitudes, to be satisfied, to be comforted, to see God, can only truly be brought about if we become participants in God's will" Dani M. Jiménez

"Jesus blesses those who are poor in spirit, gentle, and pure in heart because each describes a different facet of a life that is open to God’s reign" Fr. Geoffrey Plant

"Whatever level of vision we have with our literal eyes, I think the Beatitudes give us a way to perceive the world and ourselves" Rhonda Miska

“So there's this paradox that's built into the very Gospel itself. It's ultimately the paradox of the cross, that the mystery of the incarnation and the mystery of the cross are both mysteries, as Paul will say in Philippians, of God's self-emptying” Brant Pitre

“Are we, do we want to be, will we work to be the blessed of our God? Because those blessings are there, Church, we just have to open up, we just have to say 'yes,' we just have to be willing participants in the fullness of that grace that is already ours” Fr. Oscar Pratt

“In the new law the curses are the blessings because the way we enter into the blessing of the kingdom of heaven is through the cross, it's through suffering, it's through the mystery of a suffering that's united to the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ” Brant Pitre

“in Christianity the teacher and the teaching are one. Jesus is not separate from his teaching, he is the same as his teaching.” Fr. Emmanuel Ochigbo

"God always promises us a blessing even when we don't have the happiness" Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ

“What's my own personal downfall, my own personal addiction? And might I pray to the Lord Jesus to give me the grace to pursue the virtues of the Beatitudes and therefore become blessed.” Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ

“If you're blessed, your blessedness is going to take you to a new level of righteousness of Christian living. You and I will grow spiritually by putting these Beatitudes into action.” Monsignor Raymond East on Matthew 5:1-12

“God's kingdom breaks in everywhere. On street corners and schoolyards, in sanctuaries and soup kitchens, among sinners and saints. God's kingdom is among us. Can you see it? Do you feel it?” Jessie Bazan

“It's not just about me and Christ but it's about myself, Christ, and my relationship with a community of believers.” Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg

“Can we place ourselves in spaces where we are not trying to be first, best or boasting but for God and others? ” Beth Ford McNamee

“we are the ones seized by and sent by Christ Jesus and the Spirit as blessing, to be blessing, and to give blessing to those who can't see blessing anywhere.” Sr. Janet Schlichting, OP

“The Beatitudes say that holiness happens when we recognize our weakness and let God fill it—even when we are poor, humble, sad, or intense. Holiness is a gift God bestows on us when we come to him empty.” Mary Ortwein

“But if we get “comfortable”, and live as “normal” in our spiritual lives and in our faith – and put our trust in men and things – then we run the risk of forgetting God and not fully existing in a living relationship with Him” Joseph LaCombe

“Christian humility will be a life that is marked by mercy rather than retribution, endurance even under persecution, gentleness, and the resolute search for peace and justice made possible by innocence of heart” Fr Richard Finn

“If we fail to praise God, we are the ones who will suffer, because we risk losing the gift God has given us. If God is within us, we need to nurture this gift, nurture it by our praise, our faith, hope and love.” Fr Simon Gaine

“The Beatitudes are my moral compass...I have been graced to experience these words in living reality every day through the actions and deeds of the South Sudanese people who struggle to live a life worthy of Jesus and eternal redemption.” Gabe Hurrish https://t.co/wzuiTqLkp6