
Mourning
The Sermon on the Mount contains a significant amount of the teachings of Jesus. Chapters 5-7 of Matthew’s Gospel describe the kingdom of heaven. The Sermon opens with the Beatitudes. The word “beatitude” comes from the Latin beatitudo. This is the Latin word used to communicate the word “blessed.” One of the earliest versions of the Latin Bible is known as the Vulgate. It is from this version of the Bible that we have come to know Matthew Chapter 5:3-12 as the Beatitudes.