Pope Francis began a new catechesis on the Beatitudes, explaining they are the \u201cidentity card\u201d for Christians. He noted Jesus did not impose them on the disciples, but proposed them as the \u201cpath to true happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pope said Christians should remember it is not the present situation which could make one joyful, but the new promise of God\u2019s grace. He recounted this grace is available through the eight Beatitudes or \u201cdoors\u201d through which the power of God\u2019s love can transform lives and history. <\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF CATECHESIS IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Brothers and Sisters,<\/p>\n Today we begin a new series of catechesis on the Beatitudes in Matthew\u2019s Gospel. Jesus\u2019 teaching provides a kind of \u201cidentity card\u201d for Christians. Like Moses on Sinai, Jesus gives these \u201cnew commandments\u201d from a hillside. He does not impose them but instead proposes them as the path to true happiness in the future that God promises to his faithful people. <\/p>\n Each Beatitude is composed of three parts: the opening word \u201cBlessed\u201d, followed by the situation in which those who are called blessed find themselves \u2013 poor in spirit, mourning, thirsting for justice \u2013 and finally the reason for which they are blessed. <\/p>\n The Beatitudes teach that we are blessed not by our present situation, but rather by the new condition that is ours by God\u2019s grace. This first sermon of Jesus thus presents eight \u201cdoors\u201d through which we can encounter the power of God\u2019s love to transform our lives and history. <\/p>\n The Beatitudes point us beyond our limitations, tears and failures towards that Paschal joy born of Christ\u2019s own victorious passage from death to life.<\/p>\n I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u2019s Audience, especially<\/p>\n the groups from the United States of America. Upon all of you and your families, I invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. May God bless you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 29, 2020. He explained they are the \u201cidentity card\u201d for Christians to find \u201ctrue happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3CfxubuzA-s","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud2901eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud2901eng.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}