The Way of Beatitude: Living Radical Hope in a World of Division and Despair | 
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Release Date: Apr 8, 2022
The Question:
What if we looked at the things we see wrong in the world with empathy, dug below the surface of people‘s disappointing actions to experience their pain, and understood hurtful words as a cry for consolation? What if we responded with sorrow instead of outrage, and love instead of hate?
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If we could do all that, we‘d be living as Jesus taught us in the Beatitudes. 2y
I chose this book because I love the beatitudes and wanted to see a fresh perspective. A friar wrote this one & I thought this would be an excellent perspective. This book exceeded my expectations.
This book is for: Anyone with a desire to walk a closer walk with God through acts of intentional poverty or gain the perspective and insight from someone who has. 2y
Entry into the Kingdom isn‘t granted based on the status of one‘s bank account, but by the wholehearted commitment to God‘s love. 2y
What I connected with:
This was a gentle, loving. & comforting read. It‘s eye opening to revisit the beatitudes during the course of a pandemic and an angry world. This was such an easy, flowing read. I felt at ease in a comforting presence of the Holy Spirit as I read through this one.
Each chapter was dedicated to a beatitude & provided real life observation as well as strategy grounded in Scripture to invite in each beatitude attribute. 2y
The real world observations & the experiences of life as a friar gave this particular read on the beatitudes authenticity & depth that was easy to follow & grasp even though I personally don‘t live from the poverty perspective. The author did an amazing job at making the content both relatable and relevant to today‘s world. 2y
Normally, this is where I insert an aspect of the book that I struggled with but there was nothing about this book that I struggled with except for the challenge it is to my soul with choosing to life a life that embraces the beatitudes vs what I have grown comfortable with in the eyes of the world.
2y
The approach of intentional poverty. .. I‘ve never been challenged to choose to live in a facet of poverty before. He gave the example of in spite of owning his own car, for a year he took public transportation to and from his classes. I don‘t know that I‘m ready to do this, but it‘s given me a lot to consider… be closer to poverty than entitlement. 2y
Be extremely mindful of the fact that others have different perspectives than I do from my own experience and how that isn‘t the best thing. That to strive to embrace the beatitudes into my lifestyle … will mean choosing a life less comfortable and contradictory to what the world throws up as being successful or worthy etc. and that Jesus in His time on earth lived an example of every one of these attributes. 2y