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Discuss understanding of the Beatitudes including:
- 'poor in spirit' – recognizing one's spiritual poverty and powerlessness to save oneself
- 'those who mourn' – acknowledging wounded relationships and the need for God's grace
- 'the meek' – keeping one's power or strength under control; curbing selfish desires to be obedient to God's will
- 'those who hunger and thirst for righteousness' – desiring to learn and do the will of God; seeking to live in right relationships
- 'the merciful' – showing forgiveness and/or compassion in a time of need
- 'the pure in heart' – setting one's mind and will to God's call abiding in faith, hope, and love
- 'peacemakers' – reconciling broken relationships
- 'those persecuted for the sake of righteousness' – suffering for following the will of God, living the Beatitudes with courage.
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Differentiate the concept of joy from happiness and explain how one's joy results from living the Beatitudes. |
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Support the concept that living the Beatitudes is a pursuit of goodness involving more than the avoidance of evil. |
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Explain how the Beatitudes call individuals to assume personal responsibility within society (e.g., support cultural understanding, environmental and social sustainability, and the marginalized). |
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Represent the joys and challenges of living out the Beatitudes (e.g., role play, short story, cartoons). |
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Discuss how individuals and movements, although flawed, can impact society by demonstrating characteristics of one or more of the Beatitudes:
- 'poor in spirit' (eg., Saint Mother Teresa, Saint. Paisios of Mount Athos)
- 'those who mourn' (e.g., Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, marches for missing and murdered Aboriginal women)
- 'the meek' (e.g., Moses, Rosa Parks, Saint Pope John XXIII)
- 'those who hunger and thirst for righteousness' (e.g., Blessed Oscar Romero, Wangari Maathai, Anne Cools, environmental activist groups)
- 'the merciful' (e.g., Irena Sendler, Nelson Mandela, Tommy Douglas, Venerable Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky)
- 'the pure in heart' (e.g., Mary and Joseph as the parents of Jesus, Joseph Chiwatenhwa , Mary Ellen (Bellelle) Guerin)
- 'peacemakers' (e.g., Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, Jimmy Carter, Fr. Albert Lacombe, Pîhtokahanapiwiyin/Poundmaker)
- 'those persecuted for the sake of righteousness' (e.g., Agnes MacPhail, Saints Felicity and Perpetua, Louis Riel).
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