Shall see God (τον θεον οψοντα). Without holiness no man will see the Lord in heaven (Hebrews 12:14). The Beatific Vis…

Blessed are the pure in heart. That is, whose minds, motives, and principles are pure. Who seek not only to have the external actions<…

Pure in heart — Here, as with the poor in spirit, the noun determines the region in which this purity is to be found: the “heart,”…

For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

There is such a connection between purity of hea…

St. Ambrose of Milan: The merciful person loses the benefit of his mercy unless he shows it from a pure heart; for if he see…

“Pure [GK 2754] in heart” has two interrelated meanings. It means inner moral purity as opposed to merely external piety (cf. Dt 10:16; [Reference …

Happy are they who are of a pure heart. We might be inclined to think that what Christ states here aligns with everyone's judgment. Pu…

Blessed are the pure in heart Not in the head; for men may have pure notions and impure hearts; not in the hand, or action, or in o…

Our Savior here gives eight characteristics of ble ed people, which represent to us the principal graces of a Christian.

The Evangelist, above, set forth a kind of brief preamble to Christ’s teaching; now he relates the teaching itself and its effect, namely, the admi…