Tag: beatitudes

  • Preaching Paths 1 February 2026

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The Beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12,  open the three-chapter “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew (chapters 5-7). These promises of blessing to the “poor in spirit,” the “pure in heart,” the “meek,” mourners, and “peacemakers” have been beloved to Christians down the centuries. At the end of time, says…

  • Year C, 16th February 2025, 6th Sunday after the Epiphany

    Year C, 16th February 2025, 6th Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 6:17-26 Blessings on the poor, woes on the rich 6:17He came down with them and stood on a level place with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.…

  • Preaching Paths 16 February 2025, 6th Epiphany Yr C

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Today’s gospel reading (Luke 6:17-26), the opening scene of Jesus’ “Sermon on the Plain,” includes beatitudes similar to those that open Matthew’s “Sermon on the Mount” (Mt 5:1-11). Yet, these texts are markedly different. In Matthew, Jesus’ beatitudes are in the third person plural, addressed to his…