The Beatitudes: To Evangelize As Jesus Did

by Segundo Galilea

English, Spanish (translation)

Genres: Theology

108 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short but powerful treatment of Jesus' Beatitudes stands tall. Galilea writes to humans, not academics, as he lays out the beatitudes from both Luke and Matthew. This book is out of print, now, but there are still hundreds of used copies available. Very pastoral and strong, but be prepared, he's not talking about individualistic salvation so prevalent in Evangelical circles. "Christian poverty, then, consists in a freedom of heart, a detachment from persons and things. Its purpose is growth in love. Poverty liberates. It delivers a person into the hands of love....The resulting liberty is at the service of the dynamism of a boundless charity." -- p. 35.