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October 2021 On Humility
Humility is to charity what the foundation is to a
building. Digging the foundation is not building the house, yet it is the
preliminary, indispensable work, the condition sine qua non. The deeper, and
firmer it is, the better the house will be and the greater assurance of
stability it will have… Humility is the firm bedrock upon which every Christian
should build the edifice of his spiritual life….Humility forms the foundation
of charity by emptying the soul of pride, arrogance, disordered love of self
and of one’s own excellence, and by replacing them with the love of God and our
neighbor.
Gabriel
of St. Mary Magdalen (1893-1953)
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