"Meekness makes us not only excuse the affronts and injustices
we receive, but even inclines us to treat with gentleness those from
whom we receive them, by means of kind words, and should they go so
far as to abuse us and even strike us on the face, it makes us endure
all for God. Such are the effects produced by this virtue. Yes, a
servant of God who truly possesses it, when violent hands are laid
upon him, offers to the divine goodness this rough treatment and
remains in peace" (XII, 192).
