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The article discusses that Worshippers hold images of Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, and Franciscan Fr. Cosme Spessotto, during the beatification in San Salvador, El Salvador. Nelson Rutilio Lemus, a teenage boy, sacristan Manuel Solórzano, Grande, and Spessotto were beatified in an outdoor evening ceremony attended by their families at Salvador del Mundo Plaza in San Salvador.

The article presents a reprint of the article "30 minutes with Mother Teresa changed me" by Edward N. Eisen, which appeared in the August 26, 2016 issue of Religious Life Special Section of the National Catholic Reporter newspaper. Topics report on the author's chatting encountered with blessed nun Mother Teresa of Calcutta, India.

The author discusses her diagnosis with Stage 4 cancer and her discussion of the prosperity gospel, the belief that God grants health and wealth to those with the right kind of faith, in her book "Blessed." Topics include birth of the prosperity gospel from pastor E. W. Kenyon's take on the New Thought belief, the prosperity gospel's popularization of the term "blessed," and the prosperity gospel's promotion of prayer as a way of getting God to reward individuals.

The article offers the views of the author regarding luck focusing on topics inclsuding how his father taught him ot to rely on luck but hard work helps achives goals, how people would buy lottery tickets relying on luck, and how the author feels blessed more than lucky.

The article presents answers to questions regarding healthy employees daily parking their cars at the office's parking section meant for disabled people and being offended upon getting wished by people to "have a blessed day".

The article details the conversion of Cardinal John Henry Newman who was declared blessed by Pope Benedict XVI.

The article presents author's views regarding his career development and blessed feeling.

The article preaches that God has plans for us to be blessed and successful. God has given us scriptures to connect with him and prevent us from being misguided. He also listens to us but that requires confidence that God will listen to us as his children. God listens to those who humbly seek him with all their heart.

The article discusses the author's views on the harmless and encouraging words to have a blessed day, which could end in a lawsuit for other people when the spoken word is associated with some religious connotation.

The article profiles Blessed John Henry Newman, a British theologian who was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

In this article, the author discusses how all the time complaining nature of Christians indicates that they look things as they are not blessed people.

The article profiles several African-American Catholics who are candidates for sainthood, including Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Mother Mary Lange and Augustus Tolton.

The article discusses how the author enjoys her simple life with family and friends which involve attending church, helping the less fortunate and feeling blessed.

The article reports that Filipinos in Canada and the Catholic devotees in the Philippines have joined the world to celebrate the beatification of Pope John Paul II. It mentions that the memorabilia of the late pontiff was displayed in various churches in Manila which includes the marble altar and cassock he used when he said Mass during his World Youth Day visit in 1995. It also states that John Pope Paul II passed away in 2005 and was declared venerable in 2009.

The article focuses on the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are considered to be the most sublime teaching ever given. Jesus Christ introduced the Beatitudes at the start of the Sermon on the Mount. This can be found in Matthew's Gospel chapter 5 verses 1 to 12. Beatitude literally means blessedness, which refers to happiness given by God. Jesus provides the way to find happiness through the Beatitudes.

The article reports on the celebration of the first feast day of Blessed Mother Marianne Cope at St. Francis Church in Hawaii. Mother Marianne was beatified on May 14, 2005. The beatification established January 23, her birthday, as her feast day. The mass was presided by Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva.