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Humility
 


The only credible form of authority is born of sitting at the feet of others in order to serve. It is the authority that comes from never forgetting that Jesus, before bowing his head on the cross, did not hesitate to bow down and wash the feet of the disciples.

 
Address
28 June 2018

 
 
 
Humility
 


None of us must feel 'superior' to anyone. None of us should look down at others from above. The only time we can look at a person in this way is when we are helping them to stand up.

 
Address
28 Jume 2019

 
 
 
Humility
 


The more we make ourselves instruments in the hands of God, that is, small and generous, and the more the probability of our efficiency will grow.

 
Address
23 September 2019

 
 
 
Humility
 


Ask the Lord for strength and go forward with humility, doing what you can. But don't put make-up on your soul, because the Lord won't recognize you.

 
Morning Meditation
8 March 2019

 
 
 
Humility
 


None of us must feel 'superior' to anyone. None of us should look down at others from above. The only time we can look at a person in this way is when we are helping them to stand up.

 
Address
28 June 2018

 
 
 
Humility
 


We are a people of wretches made rich by the poverty of God. But without God we can do nothing. He is the center.

 
Address
7 March 2019

 
 
 
Humility
 


Inner strength, as the work of grace, prevents us from becoming carried away by the violence that is so much a part of life today, because grace defuses vanity and makes possible meekness of heart.

 
'Gaudate et Exsultate'
On the Call for Holiness in our Modern World

 
 
 
Humility
 


Let us not seek for ourselves more than we need, but rather what is good for others, and nothing of value will be lacking to us.

 
Homily
19 November 2017

 

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