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"Beatitude is a possession of all things held to be good,
from which nothing is absent that a good desire may want.
Perhaps the meaning of beatitude may become clearer to us
if it is compared with its opposite.
Now the opposite of beatitude is misery.
Misery means being afflicted unwillingly with painful sufferings."
St. Gregory of Nyssa
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:19
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." John 1:29
"And a voice came from the heavens, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.'" Matthew 3:17
Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord....Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you man not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. Take as an example of hardship and paience, brothers and sisters, the phophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." James 5:7-10
"May his name be blessed forever; as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed; all the nations shall proclaim his happiness. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever." Psalm 72
Waiting in Joyful hope...
"For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peacy by the blood of his cross through him, whether those on earth or those in heaven." Col 1:20
Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,
leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts.
But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays. Mal 3:19-20