Latin Source: Roger Pearse, Looking at Ephraem Graecus, “Beatitudines aliae capita XX”
English Translation: Done by ChatGPT 4
OF THE SAME HOLY FATHER EPHREM THE SYRIAN
OTHER BEATITUDES.
Twenty Chapters.
I.
Blessed is he who hates and forsakes this present life, and whose meditation in life is in God alone.
II.
Blessed is he who hates and detests the worst sin, and loves only God, the good and lover of men.
III.
Blessed is he who is on earth as a heavenly angel, and having become an imitator of the Seraphim, continually has chaste thoughts.
IV.
Blessed is he who is chaste to God, and holy and pure from all impurities, thoughts, and wicked deeds.
V.
Blessed is he who is entirely free in the Lord from all things of this vain life.
VI.
Blessed is he who contemplates in his mind that fearsome day of future judgment, and who strives to heal the wounds of his soul with tears.
VII.
Blessed is he who is utterly like a cloud in tears, and who ceaselessly extinguishes the flame of wicked passions.
VIII.
Blessed is he who walks in the way of the Lord's commandments, continually making dwellings for himself sincerely through faith and love.
IX.
Blessed is he who progresses in the good customs of ascetic life, and hopes to receive the heavenly kingdom from God.
X.
Blessed is he who remembers the dreadful command concerning the idle word, and sets a guard on his mouth, lest he fall from the commandment.