Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
The meek seem fools by the world's reckoning, yet Christ places His own protection and the Father's against the fury of the wicked. We must be sheep if we wish to be His flock, hiding ourselves under the shadow of His wings; the restless and fierce, though they possessed the earth a hundred times over, possess nothing in their torment.
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Christ crowns His sermon with blessings because He came to bless us, and His pronouncement makes us truly blessed. The world is wrong about happiness: it calls the rich and powerful blessed, but He calls the poor in spirit blessed instead, overturning every carnal notion of what makes a man happy.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:3-12
Meekness is not a moral virtue but a Christian grace, fruit of the Spirit, eminently in Christ. The meek do not envy others' gifts, submit quietly to God's providence, and ascribe all to His grace. God comforts the disconsolate, satisfies the hungry, vindicates the wronged, and gives such persons more grace here and glory hereafter.
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