The Beatitudes was composed by Paul Mealor in 2013 for SATB Choir. St Machar's Cathedral Aberdeen commissioned The Beatitudes for Remembrance Sunday 2013. Mealor was catapulted to international attention when 2.5 billion people heard his motet Ubi caritas performed at the Royal Wedding Ceremony of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey 29th April 2011.