A sonnet inspired by the Beatitudes shared by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount.
The Blessing We Seek

A sonnet inspired by the Beatitudes shared by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount.
In the beatitudes, Jesus offers us nine qualities of being a disciple, and blesses us when we seek to do them. Here is my sermon on the beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12.
Then Jesus looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20 “Blessed are you,” Jesus says. “Blessed are you.” But what does it mean to be blessed? The notion of being 'blessed' goes back a long, long way. In ancient Greek and…