That s what is almost always heard when we read, Blessed are the meek. And then there is the further paradox. Maturity means remaining open to at least some of what the Pharisee saw. The divide between tradition and experience, or religion and spirituality, is false. True humility admits that there are things we can t see, or do, or learn by ourselves.
People say they want meaning.
I can only say that I find meaning in community. The singular problem of the so called new age spiritualities is not that they are new, but that they are in a deeply old rut, the well-worn road of those who think they can find the Spirit privately, and do it by themselves. I can only find meaning in the kind of holy community that God has put on earth. Here I am loved, and accepted and, therefore, I can listen more deeply. When I m loved, accepted, and taken into a multi-generational pilgrimage for truth, I m looking at the church.