Humility
“If then, Your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
John 13: 14
“ He humbled Himself, becoming obedient, even to death on a cross.”
Philippians 2:8
“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also everyone for those of others. Have among you the same attitude that is also yours in Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 2: 3-5
A Prayer for Humility
Lord, teach me to be humble
As you were humble
When you washed the feet of your followers,
When you permitted others to scourge and mock you,
When you persevered in the midst of pain,
And united your will with that of the Father’s.
Teach me the truth that is humility,
The foundation of faith, hope, and charity
Empty my heart of pride
And fill it with Your love.
~ Jean M. Heimann, Copyright 2004
“True humility makes no pretence of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility."
Saint Francis de Sales
"Humility: that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot."
Thomas Moore
"Humility is a descending charity and charity is an ascending humility."
Jean Pierre Camus
"Humility is the luxurious art of reducing ourselves to a point, not to a small thing or a large one, but to a thing with no size at all."
G.K. Chesterton
"There is something in humility that strangely exalts the heart."
Saint Augustine
“Humility and charity go hand in hand. The one glorifies, the other sanctifies.”
“If then, Your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
John 13: 14
“ He humbled Himself, becoming obedient, even to death on a cross.”
Philippians 2:8
“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also everyone for those of others. Have among you the same attitude that is also yours in Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 2: 3-5
A Prayer for Humility
Lord, teach me to be humble
As you were humble
When you washed the feet of your followers,
When you permitted others to scourge and mock you,
When you persevered in the midst of pain,
And united your will with that of the Father’s.
Teach me the truth that is humility,
The foundation of faith, hope, and charity
Empty my heart of pride
And fill it with Your love.
~ Jean M. Heimann, Copyright 2004
“True humility makes no pretence of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility."
Saint Francis de Sales
"Humility: that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot."
Thomas Moore
"Humility is a descending charity and charity is an ascending humility."
Jean Pierre Camus
"Humility is the luxurious art of reducing ourselves to a point, not to a small thing or a large one, but to a thing with no size at all."
G.K. Chesterton
"There is something in humility that strangely exalts the heart."
Saint Augustine
“Humility and charity go hand in hand. The one glorifies, the other sanctifies.”
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