Blessed: 80 Beautiful and Inspirational Meditations

In Blessed, the path to holiness and happiness as taught by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount These 80 meditations from saints and great minds of the Church give insight into the Beatitudes as given to us in the 5th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Authors include: St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Benedict XVI, Fr. Walter Ciszek, Dorothy Day, and many more. Meditations are grouped in 8 chapters—one for each Beatitude, exploring it in light of Jesus’ promise of Heaven. Each chapter begins with a beautiful illustration by Maurice Denis. A perfect Christmas gift for yourself or for anyone with whom you want to share an understanding of God’s grace working in our lives.