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Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.6

Daily Devotional:
The Passion/The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Gift of the Holy Spirit:
Understanding—the gift of insight into the spiritual perceptions of the heart.
Proclamation of Faith:
“I believe in the forgiveness of sins.”
The Blessed Mother:
In imitation of the Blessed Mother, may we live the Truth in word and deed.
Jesus:
May we, like Jesus, live in truthfulness, acknowledging God to others in word and deed.
Glorious Characteristic:
Clarity—the glory of our souls will be visible in our bodies. We will be beautiful and radiant. (Rev 4:3, I Cor 15:40)
Spiritual Work of Mercy:
Instruct the uninformed.
Corporal Work of Mercy:
Clothe the naked.
Sacrament:
Confession
Commandments:
  1. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Thought for the Day:
Jesus: “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Today’s Reading

Feast Day of Saints Philip and James

Apostles

John 14:6-11
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.' Philip said to him, 'Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.' Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves.'"

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn+14%3A6-14&version=NABRE

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Mission

We could find no better way to describe the purpose of Daily Beatitude than the Prologue of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 1:

God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Savior. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life.

Content

We are called to live in beatitude. This contemplation is one designed to help us incorporate the beatitudes into our day. This work is not one of absolutes. It is just one way to incorporate the countenance of Jesus into each day. It is not the only way. View our rationale.

Each day a different beatitude is presented with several points of focus that provide meditation. An additional reading is included daily related to the beatitude or one of the points of focus. All readings are archived for your convenience.

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