The 9th Beatitude Eighteenth century British writer Alexander Pope, deliberately using the style of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), wrote this statement in a letter to English poet John Gay. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed He even called it “a ninth Beatitude.” In all transparency, I often want to […]
The 9th Beatitude Eighteenth century British writer Alexander Pope, deliberately using the style of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12), wrote this statement in a letter to English poet John Gay. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed He even called it “a ninth Beatitude.” In all transparency, I often want to […]