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real danger for believers too. Many fall prey to
it, and end up resentful, angry and listless. That
is no way to live a dignified and fulfilled life; it
is not Gods will for us, nor is it the life in the
Spirit which has its source in the heart of the
risen Christ.
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but applause, how could he or she not believe
herself to be something or someone
important? That is the danger of prominent
positions. Therefore let us you and I bless the
humiliation which disillusions and which
saves.
We must strive to be humble in accepting our
mistakes, to know how to say, I was
wrong. It is not easy; it costs something.
To know how to hold ourselves in contempt,
to seek advice or counsel, and, at the same
time, not to be preoccupied with the opinion
of creatures, with what people will say.
When we decide on some action, nine times
out of ten, we keep asking ourselves, What
are people going to think? What will so-and-
so think if I do that? and not, What will our
Lord think?
We may have seen souls paralyzed by a
small humiliation. This person cannot bear
the slightest pinprick, while that one cannot
stand a contradiction, and chasms are thus
created between people. Each one shuts
herself up in her revolt, and bitterness
spreads in her heart.
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Another consequence of offended self-love is
getting all upset. After a fall and seeing
ourselves on the ground, rather than simply
recognizing our own weakness and
impotence, and remaining in peace, you and I
can conclude, I shall never succeed. I give
up. It is useless. That is really rebellious
discouragement. The one who is truly
childlike is not surprised if she stumbles. She
falls and picks herself up again without
wearying, each time more determined to
attain her goal.
It is our Lord who will give you and me this
humility and submission in the measure that
you and I desire them and ask for them, with
confidence, in our prayers.
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we become more than human, when we let
God bring us beyond ourselves in order to
attain the fullest truth of our being. Here we
find the source and inspiration of all our
efforts at evangelization. For if we have
received the love which restores meaning to
our lives, how can we fail to share that love
with others?
It is a duty for you and I to spread this sweet
and joyful peace around us, but, as St.
Therese of Lisieux so knowingly remarked,
not like judges of peace, but like angels of
peace.
The first way to work for peace in the world
is to let our Lord establish it in our souls.
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