“Humility does not consist in ignorance of
truth. If a man is above the average height of men, he cannot help knowing it.”
-Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
For Reflection:
Why would it be a lack of humility to deny we have a gift God has given to us?
PRIDE pg 255
There are, of course, some recorded instances of saints who struggled with the virtue of humility. Those who have been greatly blessed by God are sometimes subject to the temptation of thinking that they might be entitled to praise for their good fortune. Scripture tells us that the Apostles were not immune to such thinking.
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