Humility is the foundation of Sanctity. During His earthly life, Our Lord Jesus gave us ineffable examples of this virtue which all Christians may imitate. The Kingdom of Heaven, in fact, belongs to those who know how to “become little ones and choose the last place.”
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
God who is infinite, all powerful, has become man, the least of men. My way is always to seek the lowest place, to be as little as my master, to walk with him step by step as a faithful disciple. My way is to live with my God who lived this way all his life and who has given me such an example from his very birth.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
It pleased God to make it easy for us to be saved. He didn’t attach salvation to knowledge or intelligence or wealth, nor to long experience or rare gifts that are not given to all. He attached it to something within the reach of everyone, absolutely everyone. Jesus attaches salvation to humility, to the act of making yourself little. That is all it takes to win heaven.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
What is impossible for humans is possible for God: ‘Caritas omnia sperat’ – ‘Love hopes for everything’. God loves and can do anything. God respects the freedom God gave to humankind but God does not hold back when freely giving graces. God’s grace can be such that it overturns all obstacles and brings the calm after the storm. Let us know how to obtain powerful graces from the one who said: ‘Ask and you shall receive‘ and ‘When two or more of you are gathered in prayer, I am among you.’
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Truly this symbol [the Cross] is thought despicable; but it is so in the world’s reckoning, and among men; in Heaven and among the faithful it is the highest glory. –Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)
