Just as a gentle bird is accompanied by one similar in nature, so the meek King Jesus Christ, the gentle lamb sacrificed for us, willingly chooses for companions those who are equally meek. Blessed are the meek because they will sit in the chairs of the prideful demons and do so quietly, for it is written that God vacated the seats of the prideful captains and placed on them the gentle. Blessed are the meek for they truly are disciples of Christ who, more gentle than Isaac, was stretched out on the wood of the cross to be wounded, and he kept gentleness for himself, calling himself its teacher and inviting us to learn about it at his school, which is the cross. Blessed are the meek as warriors in the battle of this world, for they fight and are protected by sacks of wool cloth to soften the devil's artillery shots and blows of worldly persecution. They are glasses covered with straw or hay so they cannot be broken.
Meekness is a very stout shield that deflects and destroys the blows of anger's sharp arrows.
The garb of the meek is soft protective cotton that offends no one. Blessed are the meek because their virtue is a magnet of natural tenderness that attracts iron. Nothing more appeals to the callous and hard of heart than meekness, as seen in the gentle David who often softened the heart of his terrible enemy Saul and caused him to weep, thereby changing him into a man of mercy. Blessed are the meek for God is their avenger and will defend them from injury, as seen in Moses. God became very angry when he heard Aaron and his sister Miriam speaking against Moses, and Scripture explains that their imprudent words moved God to anger because Moses was the most gentle person in the land.