... Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing themselves in the meaningful service of others.” The poet Robert Louis Stephenson agrees, “To forget oneself is to be happy.”4 Turning to the Text Jesus had quite a lot to say about blessing. ... According to Matthew, he composed a catalog of eight blessings plus one to mark the way for his disciples. It is important not to separate the beatitudes from the one who gave them; they are first of ...
