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Recent Examples of beatitude The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being. Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020 Some conservative Catholics on social media responded with ridicule to headlines saying that Francis had proposed six new Beatitudes. Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2016 Hearing Jesus deliver the beatitudes, Judas mutters disbelieving asides. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 May 2017
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Noun
  • During a press conference moderated by Variety, Pascal noted that his scenes with Luna were a joy to play after being separated for much of season 1.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The world would bloom with new energy, novel ideas, and joy.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • To no longer be complicit in surrendering her life to the sport at the expense of her happiness.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • So that was a very conscious call, along with the choice of basing it in a particular weather, which is monsoon, because the characters don’t really have any happiness or sunshine in their life.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Chair Yoga with Susie, experience bliss and wellbeing.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Eventually, Frank wants to be on the receiving end of his own unquenchable lust, and perhaps Rick wants something similar—to be on the receiving end of his own insatiable rage, and experience the bliss of death.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Beatitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatitude. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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