Blessed are the Pure in Heart: For they shall See God.
“Open the door of the soul, let in
Strong, pure thoughts which
Shall banish sin:
They shall grow and bloom
With a grace divine,
And their vint shall be sweeter
Than that of the vine.”
A little child was asked which of the beatitudes she would choose, if she could have but one of them. After reading them over thoughtfully, she said she would choose the beatitude of a pure heart, for, if she had this one she would have all the others.
This beatitude of a pure heart seems at first an impossible one for those who belong to the human family. Who can claim it? Only unfallen angels are without sin’s stains. But it is not sinlessness that is thus chosen for blessedness. The Master would not offer a blessing which the lowliest of His disciples could not obtain.
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