Blessings and woes ……….. Please read: Luke 6.17-26

⦁ Consider reading the passage from a different translation. There are numerous versions at ⦁ www.biblegateway.com .

⦁ Jesus blessings are somewhat surprising. Praiseworthy are the poor? The hungry? Those who weep? How are the people on Jesus lips praiseworthy, blessed or holy?

⦁ When in your life do you feel full of God’s blessing?

⦁ When do you feel we need to hear the warning of Jesus, as he says ‘Woe’ to the lives of his disciples?

⦁ Nadia Bolz-Weber writes a contemporary set of Beatitudes. They are here on her blog page: https://thecorners.substack.com/p/blessed-are-the-agnostics

Read them aloud. What is your reaction and what are others reactions in your group?

⦁ Try writing your own beatitudes for those living in 2022.