and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;

And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people

he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed

The Beatitudes

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

True Blessedness

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.