Humility
Humility holds these two truths in balance: (1) I am a child of God, made in the image of God, and therefore worthy of dignity and honor, and (2) I am a human being, like every other human being, with weaknesses, limitations and faults. Humility lives in the balance. From this balanced perspective we see the truth about ourselves and about everyone else.
–Br. David Vryhof, SSJE
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The First Day of Christmas:
The Gift of Love
When you’re working or walking or weeping, God is catching up with you in the wind cross your face, in the singing of a bird, in the free fall of laughter, in the soothing touch of a friend. You are the apple of God’s eye.
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