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In Christianity, the Beatitudes (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: Beatitudines) are a set of teachings by Jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The term Beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beatus which means happy, fortunate, or blissful.
The teachings are expressed as eight blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. Four similar blessings appear in the Sermon on the Plain in Luke and are followed by four woes that mirror the blessings.
Each Beatitude consists of two phrases: the condition and the result. In almost all cases the phrases used are familiar from an Old Testament context, but in the sermon Jesus elevates them to new teachings.
Together, the Beatitudes present a new set of Christian ideals that focus on love and humility rather than force and exaction. They echo the highest ideals of the teachings of Jesus on mercy; spirituality and compassion.
While opinions may vary as to exactly how many distinct statements the Beatitudes should be divided into (ranging from eight to ten), most scholars consider them to be only eight. These eight of Matthew follow a simple pattern: Jesus names a group of people normally thought to be unfortunate and pronounces them blessed.
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo on April 20, 1923) is an American Roman Catholic nun who founded the Eternal Word Television Network. In 1944 she entered the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, a Franciscan religious order for women, as a postulant, and a year later she was admitted to the order as a novice. She went on to found a new house for the order in 1962 in Irondale, Alabama, where the EWTN is headquartered, and in 1996 she initiated the building of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of the Angels monastery in Hanceville, Alabama. Mother Angelica hosted shows on EWTN until she suffered a stroke in 2001. She continues to reside at the monastery in Hanceville.
The future Mother Angelica was born Rita Antoinette Rizzo, on April 20, 1923, in Canton, Ohio. She was the only child of John and Mae Helen Rizzo (née Gianfrancesco). Her father abandoned the family when Rita was very young, and her parents divorced in 1929. Her mother maintained full custody of Rita, but struggled with chronic depression and poverty. Her maternal grandparents kept Rita at times.
If you want to hang on to my shoulder, I?m standing here
If you want to do it all over, let me get near
If you were another pretender, oh I?d pass you by
If you were a lost weekender, oh maybe I?d try
When you gonna give me something to grab for
When you gonna put it in my sight
When you gonna give me something to grab for
When you gonna show me what it?s like
If you want to talk about it, I got the time
When you?re looking so enchanted, you cover my mind
If you think I?ll wait forever, oh maybe you?re right
There?s no such thing as now or never, there?s only twilight
When you gonna give me something to grab for
When you gonna put it in my sight
Oh, give me something to grab for
When you gonna show me, show me what it?s like
If you wanna think about it, oh, I?ll just wait around
If you wanna take me over, I won?t turn you down
When you gonna give me something to grab for
When you gonna put it in my sight
C?mon and give me something to grab for
You gotta show me what it?s like, show me what it?s like
You gotta give me something to grab for
You gotta put it in my sight
Oh, give me something to grab for
You gotta show me what it?s like
Give me something to grab for, show me what it?s like
You gotta give me something to grab for
Oh, give me something to grab for
Show me what it?s like, show me what it?s like, show me what it?s like
Give me something to grab for