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Isaiah 29:19

Western Saints

Jerome

. The meek will obtain fresh joy in the Lord, and the neediest people will exult in the Holy One of Israel. But when the blind or those who are initiated into mystical matters have first beheld these things or have lifted up their eyes from blindness and darkness to see, so that true light may arise for those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, then the meek, of whom it is written: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth (Matt. …

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Thomas Aquinas

To spiritual joy: and the meek shall increase their joy: I will be glad, and rejoice in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High (Ps 9:3).

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