Reexamining the Beatitudes

The Eighth Beatitude: The Persecution of the Gospel

08/12/21

12 mins

By Martin Luther Haroldo Camacho

As long as the church teaches the gospel, it will suffer persecution.
The Seventh Beatitude: Pax or Hapax?

08/05/21

12 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story.
The Sixth Beatitude: Makarios in a Crucible?

07/29/21

12 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

We are not saved by the success of our refining process. We are saved precisely because our impurities, no matter what the percentage, ruin the whole thing.
The Fifth Beatitude: The Most Surprising Act of Grace

07/22/21

14 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

Jesus did not need a single act of mercy to get him started on the road to mercy, his essence was by nature merciful.
The Fourth Beatitude: More than Cornucopias for the Hungry

07/15/21

8 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

Blessed are we, for we are filled by the cornucopia of Christ’s righteousness.
The Third Beatitude: The Meek Are Not Pushovers

07/08/21

11 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

The only one rightful heir of the kingdom of God, inherits from us, our cross, and descends into the kingdom of the damned.
The Second Beatitude: From Tears to Joy

07/01/21

11 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

The giver of life, the source of joy, stands weeping together with the human family as they grieve under the curse of sin.
The First Beatitude: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

06/24/21

13 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

“Poverty of spirit” is not an ethical value we strive for. It is an act of God’s mercy spoken to the deepest recesses of our soul when it’s overwhelmed by God’s grace.
The Scandalous Blessing of Makarios: An Introduction to the Beatitudes

06/17/21

13 mins

By Haroldo Camacho

The only one truly blessed of God, who in himself is God’s incarnate makarios, surrounds himself with a multitude of the accursed, the non-makarios.