Review: Beatitudes 1-4

What does "beatitude" mean?

• Pretty

• Awful

• Blessing

• Beautiful

According to your YouCat, why do we yearn for happiness?

• God made us with a desire to be happy with him.

• Because not being happy is sad.

• So that we will be ambitious and do anything to be successful.

• We need to learn to be happy so we can earn our place in heaven.

What does our faith tell us about the way to be happy?

• If we follow all the commandments, we will be happy.

• If we give all our money to the Church, we will be happy.

• If we turn to Jesus and follow His example, we will be happy.

• If we make everyone around us happy, we will be happy.

How many beatitudes are there, according to the Gospel of Matthew?

According to your YouCat, Why are the Beatitudes so important?

• Jesus himself shows us through the Beatitudes how God blesses us.

• Without the Beatitudes, no one will be able to go to heaven.

• To show us how the Old Testament is wrong, and only Jesus is right.

• It is impossible to be happy without knowing the Beatitudes.

According to Matthew, where did Jesus tell the people about the Beatitudes?

• In the Synagogue

• In the Temple

• On the mount

• On a boat

What is another word for Beatitude or blessing?

• Attractive

• Holy

• Happy

• Transcendent

According to the handout, why did Jesus give us the beatitudes?

• To explain to us the secrets to eternal life.

• To teach us what our motives in life should be.

• To establish the Church and the sacraments.

• To test who are his real followers and who are fake.

TRUE OR FALSE: The way to be happy, according to the Beatitudes of Jesus, is just the same as what the world is telling us will make us happy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What does it mean to be "poor in spirit" or "spiritually poor"?

• To know and acknowledge that we need God.

• To be weak in faith and not know how to pray.

• To not have enough gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• To not have enough money or food or other necessities.