the Beatitudes
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In the Beatitudes, we find ourselves pushing against our own priorities, against the priorities the world pushes upon us, to divide us, despise us.
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When talking about God’s blessing, we are necessarily confronted with the idea that we always seem to start talking about possessions.
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How many of us conceive of blessing is predicated on an ancient prejudice. That we are good and deserving and others aren’t.
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Episode 88 of the Make Saints podcast
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We are participating in the reimagining of sainthood and of our place in the world. And yet, the reason behind it remains the same.
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The concept of blessing, as we’ve inherited it, has conflicting understandings. In changing our own focus, we change our approach.