The liturgy read in churches across America on Sunday said: “Blessed are those who are persecuted.”
What clergy said in many pulpits, reacting to President Trump's most recent executive order: “Blessed are the refugees.”
The words of the Beatitudes — the nine blessings recounted in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount — happened to be prescribed in the liturgical calendar used by Catholics and many Protestants for this week's readings.
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