Laws of the Spiritual Life, by Father Basil William Maturin

• The Principles of the Beatitudes
• Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, for Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
• Blessed are the Meek, for They Shall Inherit the Land
• Blessed are They that Mourn for They Shall Be Comforted
• Blessed are They that Hunger and Thirst after Justice for They Shall have Their Fill
• Blessed are the Merciful for They Shall Obtain Mercy
• Blessed are the Clean of Heart for They Shall See God
• Blessed are the Peacemakers for They Shall be Called the Children of God
• Blessed are They that Suffer Persecution for Justice' Sake, for Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
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• The text of this ebook is taken from the book Laws of the Spiritual Life by Father Basil William Maturin. The edition used was published by Longmans, Green and Co. of London, England in 1916.
• The book has the Nihil obstat of Father Herbert Thurston, S.J., Censor deputatus, and the Imprimi potest of Bishop William Anthony Johnson, Archdiocese of Westminster, England, 14 January 1907.
• The cover image is a page showing The Eight Beatitudes, illuminated by Dirc van Delf, c.1402. The original is in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. The image was swiped from Wikimedia Commons.