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Shift To Beatitudes
Hey! That Pope Francis snitched my idea! Truth be told, he just expanded on it. dotCommonweal’s David Cloutier reflected on it a but more deeply:
What would it take to shift Christianity to a Beatitudes-based practical spirituality/religiosity? To consider our lives from a view of the imitation of Jesus, and reflecting deeply on being poor in spirit, mourning, meek, hungry for justice, merciful, pure of heart, peacemakers, and unjustly persecuted?
Would we, for instance, celebrate more of our victimhood in sadness, or presume that when others block us from our desires, that it is unjust? Personally, I struggle with mercy a lot when dealing with myself. And with making peace online. And obviously, meekness. Those three could exhaust my whole life. And maybe they should.
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Todd lives in Minnesota, serving a Catholic parish as a lay minister.