The Fourth Beatitude: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. With the Fourth Beatitude, ...

After the quasi-festive nature of Laetare “Rejoice” Sunday last weekend, the Church now enters a more concentrated time of penance.

Justice Will Make You Happy: The Fourth Beatitude – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand. Putting My Foot on the Path of the Catholic Faith – Christopher Johnson, The Carpenter’s Brew.

The fourth beatitude is for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. They were promised satisfaction. The fifth is for people who are merciful and they were promised mercy.

Joan Chittister: The seventh beatitude is all about motives, with the real reason for what I do, which, however good it makes me look on the outside, may indeed be poisonous on the inside.

February 16, 2025, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: If you dig a little deeper, throughout the Old Testament and New Testament, wisdom literature is filled with concise blessings or warnings.