What if the Beatitudes weren't just comforting words, but a blueprint for a way of life? What if Jesus wasn't just offering hope, but a call to action in a world of injustice, violence and oppression?

What does it really mean to be a peacemaker? To work for justice? To get into "good trouble" for the sake of love? How do we form a happy, holy world? That's what National Catholic Reporter columnist ...