blessed are
The favored receive
Blessed are is the formula opening each of the Beatitudes in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
The phrase announces divine favor on a particular group or quality, typically one that worldly values would overlook or dismiss.
It has become a template for both sincere spiritual reflection and ironic commentary: Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
- beatitudesStates of supreme happiness
- meekHumbly unassertive
- poor in spiritSpiritually humble and needy
- peacemakersThose who resolve conflicts
- children of GodSpiritual heirs of divinity
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- Sacred Phrasesamen, hallelujah, alleluia, praise God, glory be
- Scripture PhrasesJohn 3:16, Lord's Prayer, Our Father, Ten Commandments, Beatitudes