The Beatitudes: Our King’s Call to All Joy

Picture the scene. On a green field in France, two armies face each other. The French troops spread out like the sand of the sea, well equipped, well fed, well assured of their all-but-sure victory. Across the pitch at Agincourt, the English forces form a motley bunch: far from home, half-starved, greatly outnumbered. If a house cat challenged a lion, the odds would be similar. They are in dire want of courage, poor in spirit.Yet onto this famous battlefield comes a king, wielding words more eff