“Jesus invited us to be like Him, humble of heart. But what is humility of the heart? It consists in receiving humiliations from God with a submissive love, in accepting one’s state of life and one’s duties whatever they are, and in not being ashamed of one’s condition.”

-St. Peter Julian Eymard

For Reflection:

St. Peter Julian Eymard lists three ways we grow in humility of heart. What are they? What humiliations can I embrace today? What one aspect of my state of life or my duties do I find most difficult? How can I use this as a means of growing in humility?

PRIDE    pg 254

St. Anthony of Egypt had a vision in which he saw the entire world covered with Satan’s snares and traps.  In great sadness, he cried out, “O my God, who can ever hope to escape all these snares, for they are everywhere?”  A voice came from Heaven:  “The one who is humble.”

Saintly Solutions to Life’s Common Problems:  From Anger, Boredom, and Temptation to Gluttony, Gossip, and Greed           by Fr Joseph Esper   

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