Quote/s of the Day – 14 August – The 10th Sunday after Pentecost – 1 Cor.inthians 12:2-11, Luke 18:9-14
“… For everyone who exalts himself
shall be humbled and he who
humbles himself shall be exalted.”
Luke 18:14
“Let him who is greatest among you,
become as the youngest
and he who is the leader,
as the servant.”
Luke 22:25
“As “pride, is the beginning
of all sin,” (Eccl. 10:15)
so humility, is the foundation of all virtue.
Learn to be really humble and not,
as the hypocrite, humble merely in appearance.”
St Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Seraphic Doctor of the Church
“Once humility is acquired,
charity will come to life
like a burning flame devouring
the corruption of vice
and filling the heart so full,
that there is no place for vanity.”
St Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419)
“True humility
scarcely ever
utters words
of humility.”