The "poor in spirit," to which Jesus refers in the Sermon on the Mount, are the humble people who live with an awareness of ...
"In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ ...
C. S. Lewis said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” The Apostle Peter wrote on humility too in 1 Peter 5:5-6: “…All of you, clothe yourselves with humility ...
If there's one thing that marks the presence of God, it's humility rather than making a scene, Pope Francis said Monday. "This is how the Lord acts: He does things simply. He speaks silently to you, ...
Christian thinkers have long wrestled with what it means to claim that the God of Jesus Christ is for us. In a dense, probing work of constructive theology, Matthew A. Wilcoxen asks: What if humility ...
Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day commemorates Jesus’ presentation to God in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish ...
The virtue Christians are supposed to practice above all other moral qualities is love. Every 10-year-old Sunday School student knows that. This is not to say we always do practice love or even that ...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means that Jesus says, “My yoke is easy and my burden light.” Although today’s readings do not include that line, they resonate with it: The first reading ...
I've received so many letters and queries about God and evil after the earthquake in Haiti that I thought it best to address them all at once. Our response must begin with helping meet the immediate ...
Q: What do you do when you’re entering the last quarter of your life and feel you’ve accomplished nothing and haven’t met God’s expectations of you? No one seems to have a good answer to this. – J.D., ...