Lord, thank You for the example of Jesus, who stepped out of ivory palaces and took up a servant’s towel.
Recently I got into a conversation with a colleague while driving to a meeting with other pastors. The topic turned to “humility.” We both agreed that, generally speaking, many people have a ...
Christian thinkers have long wrestled with what it means to claim that the God of Jesus Christ is for us. In a dense, probing work of constructive theology, Matthew A. Wilcoxen asks: What if humility ...
Lately, I’ve taken to saying the Litany of Humility. It was recommended to me by a priest-friend as part of my spiritual exercises. I must admit that I balked at first. Me? In need of more humility?
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall,” according to the Bible's Book of Proverbs (16:18). Christianity, Judaism and other world faiths discourage pride. This week’s ...
(Vatican Radio) God acts in humility and in silence; “spectacle” is not His style. That was Pope Francis’ message at Mass on Monday in the Casa Santa Marta. Jesus rebukes people of Nazareth for their ...
The Bishop of Lagos Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Adebola Ademowo, has identified humility as a key virtue which Christians must imbibe in the service to God. Serving God without humility would ...
"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means that Jesus says, “My yoke is easy and my burden light.” Although today’s readings do not include that line, they resonate with it: The first reading ...
God created human beings to worship Him and a practising Muslim in, essence, should be able to worship God in every second, of every hour of every day. Islam is a way of life and it means nothing more ...