1723. The beatitude we are promised confronts us with decisive moral choices. It invites us to purify our hearts of bad instincts and to seek the love of God above all else. It teaches us that true happiness is not found in riches or well-being, in human fame or power, or in any human achievement – however beneficial it may be – such as science, technology, and art, or indeed in any creature, but in God alone, the source of every good and of all love:
All bow down before wealth. Wealth is that to which the multitude of men pay an instinctive homage. They measure happiness by wealth; and by wealth they measure respectability…. It is a homage resulting from a profound faith … that with wealth he may do all things. Wealth is one idol of the day and notoriety is a second…. Notoriety, or the making of a noise in the world – it may be called “newspaper fame” – has come to be considered a great good in itself, and a ground of veneration.24
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
453. How does one keep Sunday holy?
316. Who can receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick?
326. What is the effect of episcopal ordination?
95. “…Born of the Virgin Mary”: Why is Mary truly the Mother of God?
565. Who can educate us in prayer?
576. Is it possible to pray always?
192. What is the consecrated life?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the importance of fellowship with Christ according to 1 Corinthians 1:9?
David’s old age and death: the end of a life of ups and downs (2 Samuel 23, 24)
What does the Bible teach about the importance of humility and modesty?
How was the defeat of the Maccabees at the Battle of Elasa described in 1 Maccabees 6:17-47?
What does James 5:7-11 teach us about patience in times of suffering?
What is the message of Isaiah’s heavenly vision of the Lord’s glory revealed in Isaiah 40:1-31?
