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< March 13, 2020 >

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

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

In “Behold The Pierced One,” Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) speaks of the Heart of Jesus. He says, “God takes the destiny of love destroyed upon himself; he takes the place of the sinner and offers the Son’s place to men once more, not only to Israel, but to all nations. According to Hosea 11, the Passion of Jesus is the drama of the divine Heart: ‘My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender.’ The pierced Heart of the crucified Son is the literal fulfillment of the prophecy of the Heart of God, which overthrows its righteousness by mercy and by that very action remains righteous.”

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinge Ignatius Press, 1984. “Behold The Pierced One”, page 64.

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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.

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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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