{"id":5268,"date":"2023-12-25T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2023-12-25T08:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T08:15:05","slug":"the-beatitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/the-beatitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beatitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5269\" width=\"662\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/theotokos-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Blessed are the poor in spirit,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<br><br>Blessed are those who mourn,<br>&nbsp;for they will be comforted.<br><br>Blessed are the meek,<br>&nbsp;for they will inherit the earth.<br><br>Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,<br>&nbsp;for they will be filled.<br><br>Blessed are the merciful,<br>&nbsp;for they will be shown mercy.<br><br>Blessed are the pure in heart,<br>&nbsp;for they will see God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessed are the peacemakers,<br>&nbsp;for they will be called children of God.<br><br>Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,<br>&nbsp;for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessed are you when people insult you,&nbsp;persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejoice an be glad,&nbsp;because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Picture, from the Norwegian Woods, Courtesy of Artist and Friend Cesco)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blessed are the poor in spirit,&nbsp;&nbsp;for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn,&nbsp;for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek,&nbsp;for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,&nbsp;for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful,&nbsp;for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/the-beatitudes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Beatitudes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5272,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions\/5272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chooselife.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}