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Discovering Hope in the Beatitudes: A Review of Eight Promises of God by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames
In his newest book, “Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope Through the Beatitudes,” Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, invites us to see the Beatitudes not as distant ideals or abstract teachings but as living promises.
Can Living the Beatitudes Bring Peace?
How do we find peace in a culture that never stops talking? How do we hold onto stillness in our work, our homes, and our hearts? This Advent, Catholic Women in Businesses encourages you to turn to the Beatitudes.
Cultivating the Virtue of Meekness
This Advent, we are reflecting on the Beatitudes. The third Beatitude is, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.” (Matthew 5:5). Meekness is the ability to moderate anger according to right reason. What land is the land we will inherit? Heaven.
When the Holidays are Hard
Christmas was my father’s absolute favorite holiday. So when he was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma (brain cancer) in July 2018, we all hoped to have at least one more Christmas.
Poverty of Spirit Requires Humility
What comes to mind when you hear “poor in spirit”? In a general audience on May 2, 2020, Pope Francis told us, “The ‘poor in spirit’ are those who are and feel poor, beggars, in the depths of their being.”

