Dear Friends,

During this Season of Lent I was guided to read the Beatitudes, the lovely Sermon on the Mount given by Jesus. Spirit through Jesus told us how to live our lives with love, and compassion. Enjoy the reading and the meaning of each verse.

“The main message of the Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew chapters 5-7, is a call to a higher standard of righteousness and a life of love, compassion, and selflessness, embodying the “Kingdom of God” ethic. “(Bible Gateway)

Take these into your morning meditation and receive the blessings from them.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: theirs is the kingdom of heaven.                                       O how happy are they, who regardless of their circumstances, humbly remain in total alignment with the radiant center of the Holy Breath: they are open in all their capacities for the Great Outshining to pour through them everywhere.

Blessed are they that mourn; they shall be comforted.                                                     O happy are the ones who grieve in their longings and wanderings for whatever is lost, denied, isolated, excluded and hiding in themselves and in their relationships: they will be woven together in a larger whole; they will find new visibility of joy and welcoming: an expansion of ripeness, refreshment – the fulfillment of unifying love.

Blessed are the meek; they shall inherit the earth.                                                           O how attuned to the Holy Source are those who water and soften what is hard-hearted, dry and rigid in themselves: in their gentling they will receive new strength and expansion from the Holy Breath.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; they shall be filled.                                                                                                                             How healed are those with starving open mouths, completely dry and burned out, longing into the night for inward, social and universal peace and balance: they will be completely fulfilled and encompassed by feeding and fruitful birthing.

Blessed are the merciful; they shall obtain mercy.                                                            How united with the Holy Presence are those who from within the deep, dark depths of the womb respond by radiating the warmth of mercy, love and caring: they shall feel the warm embrace from the Holy Center.

Blessed are the pure in heart; they shall see God.                                                         How aligned with the Holy One are those who with purposeful persistence radiate love continuously and powerfully from their center: they shall behold like lightning the sudden flashing of the Holy One.

Blessed are the Peacemakers; they shall be called the children of God.                           How unified are the ones who are inwardly woven together and committed continuously to planting peace in the world by greeting others in ways that sound forth tones of harmony and establish mutual wellbeing: they shall be called cleared-out conduits and fountains – expressions of the flow of Divine Goodwill.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.                                                                                                          Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.                                                                     How blessed are they who are dislocated, disrupted and torn apart, knocked out of their boundaries and comfort zones – shattered for doing their best for the Highest: spurs of adversity can expand them into new directions and light frequencies.

The explanation of the Beatitudes are from the The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts (commonly called the Lamsa Bible) published by George M. Lamsa in 1933.