TODAY'S TERM: HUMILITY
Feast of St. John the Baptist
He must increase and I must decrease
A moral virtue prompting in it's possessor an appreciation and external expression of his true position with respect to God and his neighbor. As pride devastates the Christian character, so humility builds it up.
Virtue does not require that a man should depreciate his ability against his knowledge, for St. Thomas says, " that a person should recognize and appreciate his own good qualities is no sin."
Source: Catholic Dictionary
St. John the Baptist is an exquisite example of humility. As Secular Carmelites we must pray for docility of spirit, a by-product of humility, in order to be formed in holiness that we may obtain purity of heart.
Scripture tells us that only the pure of heart shall see God. We know that St. John the Baptist had a pure heart, a heart holy and pure that caused him to exclaim "Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world."
May the Holy Spirit form in us a pure and holy heart, that we may see God in all the circumstances of our life, and at last come to that holy vision where with the Blessed we shall see him face-to-face.
Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS
1 comment:
Thank you so much....working on that virtue!
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