Saturday, September 15, 2018

Rejoice and Be Glad - n. 120



PERSEVERANCE, PATIENCE AND MEEKNESS

120. I am not saying that such humiliation is pleasant, for that would be masochism, but that it is a way of imitating Jesus and growing in union with him. This is incomprehensible on a purely natural level, and the world mocks any such notion. Instead, it is a grace to be sought in prayer: “Lord, when humiliations come, help me to know that I am following in your footsteps”.

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