Sermon for the 4th Sunday of Epiphany 2026 (Beatitudes)

Are the Beatitudes merely beautiful words — or do they actually mean something in a broken world?

The Beatitudes are not simply moral advice or self-help teaching, but Jesus’ announcement that a new world is breaking in. Spoken into a first-century world shaped by violence, power, and fear, the Beatitudes declare that those who live by God’s kingdom values now are already blessed.