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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Pope Francis calls the Beatitudes a Christian's "identity card." They are a portrait in miniature of Jesus himself, and the saints offer examples of what that means--going against the flow of a culture that prizes Greatness, Power, Status, and the logic of the market.

11:00 PM · May 24, 2021

@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Drawing on examples from Dorothy Day and St. Francis, to Oskar Schindler, Etty Hillesum, Oscar Romero and Sr. Dorothy Stang--I try to show how the Beatitudes call us to a new way, a different world, animated by different values, different priorities, different dreams.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Each of these beatitudes--under certain circumstances--can lead to persecution. But if the Gospel asks us to relinquish some of the prizes and rewards of this world, the Beatitudes also point toward an alternative reward: Mercy, Comfort, the Kingdom of Heaven.

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