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https://youtu.be/DWUCe5JIn8g

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1. The Christian is persecuted because he is a certain type of person and because he behaves in a certain manner. Whereas all the other beatitudes have been a direct description, this one is indirect. This is what is going to happen to you because you are a Christian, says Christ.
2. Another preliminary point of interest is that the promise attached to this Beatitude is the same as the promise attached to the first, ‘theirs is the kingdom of heaven’. Our Lord started and ended with this particular promise in order to impress upon His listeners that the important thing was membership of the kingdom of heaven.
3. All these Beatitudes have been searching, but there are ways in which this is even more searching than the others. There is more persecution of Christians today, some would say, than there has been since the first centuries of the Christian era.

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Also known as "Justice in the World", this document was written by the Synod of Bishops in 1971. In this document, the Bishops discussed the role of pursuing justice in the Church's mission of preaching the Gospel. They stated that "The members of the Church, as members of society, have the same right and duty to promote the common good as do other citizens. Christians ought to fulfill their temporal obligations with fidelity and competence." This means it is our job to stand up for what is right with faith and trust that God will help us succeed

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Challenges in our present world relating to our beatitude.

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Challenges in our present world relating to our beatitude.

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- People being afraid to admit their religion or being religious in public because they don't want to get made fun of.

-Communist countries where there is no religious freedom. Ex) China, North Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam.

- Immigrants who are looking for a better life and opportunity who are discriminated against.

- Any form of racial or gender prejudices/discrimination.

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Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.