Holy Spirit of God, teach me the treasure of meekness…

Gospel Mystery of the Day                             January18, 2026
                                                                
                                                                         
Good Morning!      
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
 
Holy Spirit of God, teach me the treasure of meekness…
 
Luke 1:46 - 55
I used to equate meekness with weakness, and up until recently would interchange meekness with humility. Then on January 1st, in praying through the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, these lines in the Magnificat struck me: He has put down the mighty from their seat and has acknowledged the humble and meek.  If meekness were weakness, why would it be paired with the treasure of humility?  Why would the Redeemer of the world teach “Blessed are the meek – they shall inherit the earth”? So, I turned to the Teacher of all things true, the Holy Spirit, and have been praying with this Gospel Mystery since then. Each day, I have been discovering something new about the virtue of meekness. It was the power of meekness that marked the Redeemer of humanity and his disciples as he walked through his ministry in the Judean countryside, eliciting not ‘rights’, but ‘righteousness’(that is ‘good’ and right relationships). It was meekness that allowed Jesus to constantly turn away from the false powers of the world, the passions of the flesh and the deceits of the devil, and place all his faith, hope and love firmly in the love and mercy of his Father, God. Meekness was the strength of Christ Jesus, that kept him silent when he scourged and tortured, standing on trial before the Sanhedrin, Herod and finally Pilate and the crowds on Good Friday.  It is meekness that prevented Jesus from calling on the angels and his followers together to ‘fight for the truth’, to insist on his innocence and to tell all of his accusers how wrong they were, to fight for his rights..  It was meekness that compelled him, hanging on a Roman cross, to pronounce, Father, forgive them; they know not what they do, and Into your hands I commend my spirit. It is this virtue of meekness to which we, as Christians, are called today, now more than ever!  Holy Spirit of God, teach me the treasure of meekness. 
 
Here I am, Lord, I come to do your will.  (Psalm 40:7-8)
 
Those who are truly humble within themselves will never find their tongues betraying them.
St. John Climacus  
 
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