TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cantalamess, Raniero
AU  - Cantalamess,Raniero
TI  - Beatitudes Eight Steps to Happiness
SN  - 9780867169225
U1  - B74.2 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cincinnati
PB  - St.Anthony Messenger Press
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit. for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven  The poor and the poor in SPirit .............1  The theological Explanation is Insuficient ..........3  Poerty in Christ`s Life ...............6  To be for the Poor and to be Poor ..........10  Why voluntary poverty ...............14  The contemporary relevance of the Beatitude on Poverty .............16  2. Blessed are you that weep now. for you shall laugh   A new Relationship between pleasure and pain .........20  Where is your God .............24  Let the Priests. the Ministers of the lord weep ........28  The best tears ............30  3. Blessed are the meek . for they shall inherit the arth   Two keys to reading the beatitudes ........34  Jesu, the meek one .......37  Meekness adn tolerance .........39  Learn from me, for I am Meek ............43  Putting on the meekness of Christ .......47  4. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied   history and spirit ........49  who are the hungry and the satisfied ........51  A contemporary parable ........56  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness ..........58  Physical bread and Eucharistic Bread ..............61  5. Blessed are the merciful, for the Shall obtain mercy   The mercy of Christ ..............65  A god who Delights in Showing Mercy ............67  Our Mercy: Cause or Effect of God`s Mercy ..............70  Experience divine mercy ......72  A church rich in Mercy ............74  Put on Compassion ............75  6. Blessed are the Pure in Heart. for they Shall see God   From ritual purity to purity of Heart ..................79  A look at history ..............83  We have two lives ........86  One kind of Collective hypocrisy ............89  Religious hypocrisy ..........92  7. Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be Called Songs of God   who are the Peacemakers .........97  The message for world day of Peace .....99  Peace as a Gift ...........101  Peace as a Task : Religious peace ...104  Peace without religion...............107  8. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness Sake, for their is the kingdom of Heaven   Two forms of Persecutio : Death andmarginalization .........115  The characteristic of a True Martyr: Love, Humility and grace ...............118  Persecuted unjustly or justly ..........124  Before descending the mount .........126
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