Self-knowledge and humility grow as the soul
moves onward.
St. Teresa of Avila
Striking The Right Balance
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A humble and unschooled person
with a holy and upright conscience is preferable to God over a well-read but
proud scholar with great knowledge.
St. Catherine of Siena
Facing The Truth About Ourselves
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Our Lord said one thing is necessary. What is
this thing, which is so necessary? It is
that you should know that you are nothing. That is what you have, that is what
you are, and that is who you are of yourself: nothing.
Johann Tauler, O.P.
Don't Stay As Your Are!
…The Lord accepts us just as we
are…After the Lord accepts us as we are, He refuses to accept our staying as we
are. He calls us to repentance and
growth in holiness…The Lord invites everyone to His wedding banquet. All are to
come as they are, but not stay as they are.
We must put on the wedding garment of righteousness and holiness, or we
will be bound and thrown ‘out into the night to wail and grind our teeth’
(Matthew 22:13). Come as you are to no longer be as you are!
One Bread, One Body – January 15,
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