As part of my effort to carve out personal and prayer time before the kids wake up, I am reading daily meditations from In Conversation With God, by Fr. Francis Fernandez. Every once in a while I will share something I read which resonates with me.
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“Oh it’s the *Meek*…blessed are the Meek! That’s nice, I’m glad they’re getting something, ’cause they have a hell of a time.” Monty Python’s Life of Brian (an irreverent but hilarious movie with superb social commentary).
Today’s meditation is about meekness. How I have struggled with that word. For the longest time I equated meekness with being a pushover, a coward, and a weakling. I would think: the louder, the stronger. This mistaken understanding has caused me a lot of pain throughout the years. Rather, it has caused those close to me a lot of pain, as they have had to deal with my outbursts and hot temper.
