We are humble
We are humble only in so far as we are obedient.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
When I fall…
And when I fall, the first time especially, what a light I have on myself! I thought I was strong, that gross temptation would not move me, that I would be faithful in all sorts of environment. I am down–in the dirt–I know myself now! But I know God, too, as I did not before, now I know the radiance of the shadowless light, I know now what sin is.
— Caryll Houselander (1901-1954)
Attribute to God….
Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of theft.
— Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
Proudly dispute…
Whoever will proudly dispute and contradict will always stand outside the door. Christ, the master of humility, manifests His truth only to the humble and hides Himself from the proud.
— Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419)
Don’t permit your…
Don’t permit your miseries or defects to depress you. Rather, let them be steps by which you descend the deep mine where we find the precious gem of holy humility. Learn that it is our littleness that buys this unique and true treasure that alone renders the soul that possesses it blessed in time and in eternity.
–Saint Paola Frassinetti (1809-1892)
Like an embrace…
In the night of humility into which God asks us to enter, we can encounter the burning power of his Love. And how much more profoundly is his tenderness that pushes himself to give himself to us in the Eucharist. Each time it is like an embrace that pulls us to his heart, at one at the the same time crucified and glorified.
–Charles Journet (1891–1975)
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