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September 15, 2026

The Illusion Of Perfection And The Path To True Holiness

Perfection is humble and modest. Every time we assume perfection for ourselves, and then judge...

April 2026

April 23, 2026

The Middle Path Of Humility

Christians are called to embrace the virtue of humility, for only by doing so can...

October 2025

October 08, 2025

Becoming Like Children: A Key To True Greatness

Children are important, they have value; their innocence and the way they rely upon others...

September 2025

September 24, 2025

Humility And Prayer: Finding God In The Present Moment

Humility is important. We can and should be self-critical, but we should not be so...

September 11, 2025

Embracing Humility: The Key To Effective Leadership

Pride and vainglory are twin evils which convince us that what we want to do...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

The Holy Spirit: A Gift For The Humble

Persecution, though never a good in and of itself, can sometimes inspire the church to...

April 2025

April 06, 2025

Learning About Holiness From St. Mary of Egypt

It is way too easy to judge and condemn others. We can see, for example,...

December 2024

December 23, 2024

Mary’s Empowering Legacy: Authority and Holiness Unveiled

Many Christians imagine Mary, the Mother of God, to be a rather passive figure, a...

July 2024

July 26, 2024

Proper Repentance Leads Us To Being Hospitable

We are to be good neighbors, helping each other with each other’s needs. This is...

July 23, 2024

Teach In Humility, Not Pride

Knowledge is a good, but like every other good, it can be abused. People can...

June 2024

June 04, 2024

Pride Has Us Do Good For The Wrong Reasons

Sometimes we embrace pride thinking it cannot be a serious problem, when it develops or...

February 2024

February 23, 2024

To Overcome Temptations, Embrace Humility And Prayer

Spiritual masters warn us that we will likely encounter all kinds of temptations throughout our...

August 2023

August 16, 2023

Humility Includes Loving Ourselves

Humility should play an important part in how we act. We should not be prideful,...

May 2023

May 05, 2023

To Become Perfect, We Must Rely Upon Others

We need to recognize our frailty. While it is possible to become perfect through grace,...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

Expectations Can Cause Pain And Sorrow

One of the things which can harm us is the expectations others have for us....

April 27, 2023

The Relationship Between Humility And Hope As Revealed To St. Antony

St. Antony the Great, though remembered in history as one of the great early monastic...

March 2023

March 21, 2023

What Is Prelest And Why Is Humility Needed To Overcome It?

One of the greatest spiritual problems is prelest that is, spiritual delusion, which can manifest...

March 15, 2023

The Humility And Wisdom Of St Clare

It should be impossible to think about the Franciscans without thinking of St. Clare. She,...

March 14, 2023

The Truth Does Not Need A Defense

St. Isidore of Seville understood the reason why so many people engage “apologetics.” It is...

January 2023

January 29, 2023

Neither Prideful Nor Despairing: The Way Of The Publican

There are two common errors which religious people often fall into. The first is the...

January 11, 2023

Teachers Need Wisdom, Knowledge And Experience

As a society, we encourage people not only to be prideful, but also to be...

December 2022

December 23, 2022

Pride And Judgment

In the Systematic Collection of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, there are many apophthegms...

October 2022

October 23, 2022

Humility and Confirmation

Not only did Paul come to believe in Jesus, he also came to believe that...

July 2022

July 24, 2022

With Jesus, Silence Gives Way To Healing, And Humility Gives Way To Love

Jesus, being all-compassionate, was concerned about the health and welfare of the people he encountered....

July 13, 2022

Glory, Vainglory, And Humility

“Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for...

June 2022

June 20, 2022

Humility And Love

Ascetic Christian spirituality is based upon the recognition that we are all in need of...

April 2022

April 03, 2022

We Need To Follow The Dictates Humility And Love, Not Pride and Vainglory

Often, out of vainglory and pride, various Christians like to present themselves as being better...

February 2022

February 06, 2022

The Lesson Of The Tax Collector And The Pharisee

Jesus, throughout his temporal ministry, presented a picture of God which many, including Christians, have...

January 2022

January 30, 2022

Coming Down From The Height Of Pride

We often do things to make ourselves stand apart, to give attention to ourselves, hoping...

January 02, 2022

Charism, Mission, And Service

All Christians have been given a charism thanks to the grace imparted to them in...

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