The Forgotten Virtue: Why Meekness May Be the Secret Weapon in the Spiritual Life

• Explains meekness as strength rooted in love, not passivity
• Offers practical ways to overcome rash anger and resentment
• Explores five degrees of meekness and their place in spiritual growth
• Draws on saintly examples of kindness and forgiveness under trial
• Includes prayers for meekness and five ways to practice Holy Face devotion

When impatience and resentment disturb your peace, meekness offers a way to respond with Christlike love rather than anger. 

In The Forgotten Virtue, Fr. Lawrence Carney explains why this patient strength is neither weakness nor passivity, and how it grows alongside humility.

Spiritual reflections explore practical ways to restrain rash anger, the five degrees of meekness, and its connection to other virtues. Examples from the lives of St. Stephen, St. John of the Cross, and other holy men and women show kindness and forgiveness amid suffering.

Prayers for meekness appear throughout, along with five ways to practice devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, helping readers bring these lessons into daily prayer and relationships.

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