"Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land."
Blessed are they who do not become irritated against their brethren, who do not seek to take vengeance on their enemies, to dominate others.
Blessed are the meek who do not judge rashly, who do not see in their neighbor a rival to be supplanted but a brother to be helped, a child of the same heavenly Father.
The gift of piety inspires this meekness in us with a filial affection toward God our common Father. The meek are not stubbornly attached to their own judgement; they express themselves quite simply in a straightforward manner and do not feel the need to call Heaven to witness in trivial matters.
The meekness we are discussing is not that which does not offend anyone because it is afraid of everything; rather, it is a virtue which presupposes a great love of God and of one's neighbor.
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