Humility

1. Definitions
1. "St. Theresa of Avila said that humility is living in the truth ("andar en la verdad")'
1. "God is God and we are not.  We live out our relationship with God by being lovingly obedient. "
2. "We live in the truth with ourselves by being just who we are and not trying to be something that we are not.  "
3. "We live in truth with our neighbor through mutual respect, kindness, and acceptance."
2. "Humility is the most basic of all of the Christian virtues. "
1. "In order to believe in God, we need to humble.  Humility allows us to believe in someone greater than ourselves."
2. "In order to love, we need to be humble.  Humility allows us to forget ourselves and love our neighbor. "
3. How do we acquire humility?
1. "Humility is a gift.  We need to ask God to make us humble. "
2. "But, asking for humility is not enough; we need to do acts of humility. "
1. "We have many opportunities every day to do many acts of humility."
2. " The more we exercise the virtue of humility, the humbler we will become. "