André Grioux. Forest Interior with a Waterfall. National Gallery of Art. Humility is the way of Love. The descending way of humility is the movement toward the true self’s realization. It is the highest virtue and the root of every […]
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May 28
The contemplative life of humility flows from a pure heart that has persevered through much suffering and found its way to the Source. ~Betty
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December 19
It is difficult for us to grasp the truth that Jesus came not to astonish us with the great power and high visibility of God, but rather to show us the way of hiddenness and humility. ~Betty
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Becoming Nothing
Edward Hopper. Detail from Nighthawks. 1942. [oil on canvas]. Art Institute of Chicago. In finding our way to humility, paradoxically, we find everything—we find our glorious true-self. The self-emptying of the Incarnate God is the ultimate expression of humility and […]
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July 18
Becoming real is an unlearning. As we do the painful work of emptying ourselves of our ego and illusions, Love gently comes in, enlarging our soul and filling the emptied space with the Spirit of God, the fullness of Christ.
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On Retreat: September
Our prayer is that On Retreat will help you break from habituated patterns of mind and frantic activity, make more space for God, and step into a new way of seeing, believing, and abiding.The descending way of humility is a […]
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