The Blessed Peacemakers

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9 Is not this word of our Lord Jesus Christ also of force in the midst of the world? Some of these beatitudes, sayings of our Lord, may seem paradoxical, such as those in which the Savior proclaims blessed the poor in spirit, the mourners, and the meek. But men should have no difficulty with this seventh beatitude. Is...