Blessings Reflections on the Beatitudes Author:John Michael Talbot What the Ten Commandments are to the Old Testament, so the Beatitudes are to the New Testament. They are at the core of Jesus' teachings, and at the heart of the New Covenant. Not unlike the Beatitudes themselves, Blessings speaks directly to the heart and soul, and both comforts and encourages us to live out the gospel of Jesus in ... more »our life.
"The Beatitudes," writes John Michael Talbot, "lead us to the way of the cross and to a new way of freedom. They help us to find wealth in poverty, deeper joy in sorrow, glory in meekness, justice in mercy, clarity in purity of heart, equality in peacemaking, and final victory even in persecution."« less