Tag: Sermon on the Mount
Mark Shea: Blessed are the Peacemakers and the Persecuted
Part 4 of Mark’s series exploring the Beatitudes
One of the little oddities of Scripture is that the traditional reading of it tends to smooth...
Mark Shea: Blessed are the hungry, the merciful, and the pure
Part 3 of Mark’s series exploring the Beatitudes
We continue our look at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 by again noticing both their similarities and...
Mark Shea: Blessed are the poor, mourning and meek
Part 2 of Mark's series exploring the Beatitudes
One of the first things to note about the Beatitudes is that there are two sets of...
Mark Shea: Introduction to the Beatitudes
Matthew is a very subtle writer. A lot of people are not aware of the clever structure of his gospel.
Matthew is writing as a...
Fr Flader: Cutting off our hand?
Q: In the Gospel in a recent Mass Our Lord says we must be prepared to cut out our eye or cut off our...