Our Lord, Jesus Christ, giving the beatitudes during the Sermon on the Mount.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave us the eight Beatitudes, eight attitudes or dispositions that should characterise every follower of Christ, of whom they are a portrait. In this meditation we consider how:

• The Beatitudes should characterise every Christian
• They contrast notably with the ways of the world
• If we live them well we will grow in holiness
• We will show the world a better way to live
• We will find the true happiness we are seeking