June 8, 2016 Humility  "The word 'humility' comes from the Latin word 'humus' which means fertile ground. To me, humility is not what we often make of it: the sheepish way of trying to imagine that we are the worst of all and trying to convince others that our artificial ways of behaving show that we are aware of that. Humility is the situation of the earth. The earth is always there, always taken for granted, never remembered, always trodden on by everyone, somewhere we cast and pour out all the refuse, all we don't need. It's there, silent and accepting everything in a miraculous way making out of all the refuse new richness despite in spite of corruption, transforming corruption itself into a power of life and a new possibility of creativeness, open to the sunshine, open to the rain, ready to receive any seed we sow and capable of bringing thirtyfold, sixtyfold, a hundredfold out of every seed. I said to this woman 'Learn to be like this before God; abandoned, surrendered, ready to receive anything from people and anything from God.'" ~ From the wonderful book, "Beginning to Pray" by Archbishop Anthony Bloom. Year of Mercy Calendar for Today: "Humility is the key to holiness & to growth in love of God & others." ~ Fr. Larry Richards Forward this message to a friend! VisitLiveMercy.org to sign up for daily inspiration. |
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