Blessed are the poor in spirit … blessed are the meek.This does not mean “Blessed are they who are endowed with a tranquil natural temperament, who are not easily moved to anger, who are always quiet and obedient, who do not naturally resist!” Still less does it mean “Blessed are they who passively submit without protest to unjust oppression.”  On the contrary, we know that the “poor in spirit” are those of whom the prophets spoke, those who in the last days will be the “humble of the earth,” that is to say, the oppressed who have no human weapons to rely on and who nevertheless resist evil. They are true to the commandments of Yahweh, and who hear the voice that tells them: “Seek justice, seek humility, perhaps you will fi