Catholic Word of the Day: MEEKNESS, 05-18-11

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MEEKNESS

The virtue that moderates anger and its disorderly effects. It is a form of temperance that controls every inordinate movement of resentment at another person's character or behavior.

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I think many Americans tend to think of meekness as a weakness rather than a strength. (And it is definitely a strength, when one confronts his/her own anger or tendencies to be angry.)

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