“Is not our Lord as meek and humble in the Blessed Sacrament as He was during His life on earth? Is He not always the Good Shepherd, the Divine Consoler, the Changeless Friend? Happy the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, and in the Eucharist all things!” KnowsSoulEarthJesusLordKnow HowDivineHolyAll ThingsBlessedHumbleSacramentsOur LordShepherdsEucharistMeekBlessed SacramentHoly EucharistGood Shepherd Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.” KnowsHeartCareMotherHolyHumbleSurrenderMeritAlmightyInfantHelplessnessAlmighty God Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“That holy, humble, meek, modest, retiring Form, sometimes called the Spirit of Prayer, has been dragged from the closet, and so rudely handled by some of her professed friends, that she has not only lost all her wonted loveliness, but is now stalking the street, in some places, stark mad.” Has BeensSometimesFormSpiritLostPrayerStreetsHolyMadHumbleRetiringModestClosetsStalkingStarksMeekLoveliness Author:Asahel Nettleton
“A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.” MenSelfSpiritDesireLeaderLordSacrificePositionHe ManReadyCircumstancesHolySafePressurePressesHumbleGentleHoly SpiritHeritageAmbitiousInwardBe HumbleTrue Leader Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Mary has the authority over the angels and the blessed in heaven. As a reward for her great humility, God gave her the power and mission of assigning to saints the thrones made vacant by the apostate angels who fell away through pride. Such is the will of the almighty God who exalts the humble, that the powers of heaven, earth and hell, willingly or unwillingly, must obey the commands of the humble Virgin Mary.” MadeEarthChristianHeavenHellHumilityPrideHolyAuthorityAngelBlessedRewardsSaintHumbleMissionsCommandMaryAlmightyThronesVirginsAlmighty GodVacantVirgin MaryHoly Mary Author:Louis de Montfort
“The Lord does not show Himself to a proud soul. The proud soul, no matter how many books it reads, will never know God, since by its pride it does not give place for the grace of the Holy Spirit, while God is known only by the humble soul.” KnowsInspirationalGivingDoeBookSoulMatterShowsChristianSpiritReligiousKnownLordGracePrideProudHolyHumbleHoly SpiritOrthodoxKnowing God Author:Silouan the Athonite
“Consider that the Holy Spirit lives in the spiritual father, and He will tell you what to do. But if you think that the spiritual father live negligently, and that the Holy Spirit can't live in him, you will suffer mightily for such a thought, and the Lord will humble you, and you will straightway fall into delusion.” IfsThinkingInspirationalChristianSpiritualSpiritSufferingFallFatherReligiousLordHolyHumbleHoly SpiritDelusionOrthodox Author:Silouan the Athonite
“An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration. He who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.” MenInspirationSpiritBornPowerfulDivineHolyFilledProfoundHumbleEducatedHoly SpiritScholarHumble Man Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“Wine talks; ask anyone. The oracle at the street corner; the uninvited guest at the wedding feast; the holy fool. It ventriloquizes. It has a million voices. It unleashes the tongue, teasing out secrets you never meant to tell, secrets you never even knew. It shouts, rants, whispers. It speaks of great plans, tragic loves, and terrible betrayals. It screams with laughter. It chuckles softly to itself. It weeps in front of its own reflection. It revives summers long past and memories best forgotten. Every bottle a whiff of other times, other places, everyone...a humble miracle” LongPastAsksSpeakVoiceMemoriesSecretMillionsPlansStreetsFrontsFoolTerribleHolySummerLaughterReflectionMiracleWineForgottenCornersHumbleBetrayalTongueTragicBottlesScreamGuestsTeaseReviveOraclesRantStreet CornersChucklesUninvitedUninvited Guests Author:Joanne Harris
“A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.” MenInspirationalChristianSpiritualReligiousHumilityHolyAll ThingsHumbleScriptureRelateOrthodoxSpiritual LifeHoly ScripturesHumble Man Author:Mark the Evangelist
“What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation ...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.” WorldShouldLittlesWholeBodyEyeFormUniverseMy OwnLordWonderfulBloodThis WorldHumilitySonHolySalvationHumbleBreadCommunionSublimeSacramentsMajestyBlessed SacramentCondescensionHoly CommunionCondescension And Author:Francis of Assisi