Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.
JOHN CLIMACUSHumility is constant forgetfulness of one’s achievements.
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Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. ‘Judge not, so that you may not be judged’ (Lk. 6:37).
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The offspring of virtue is perseverance. The fruit and offspring of perseverance is habit and child of habit is character.
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Humility is constant forgetfulness of one’s achievements.
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Faith furnishes prayer with wings, without which it cannot soar to Heaven.
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When you are depressed, bear in mind the Lord’s command to Peter to forgive a sinner seventy times seven (cf. Mt. 18:22). And you may be sure that He Who gave this command to another will Himself do very much more.
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