Saturday
of 30th Week of the Year
October 30, 2010 (8:30AM)
Jesus says: “Those who humble themselves shall be exalted.”
He calls us to be humble persons.
Humility or being humble can be
elusive.
What does it really mean?
I got thinking of some rather
simple rules or guidelines – four of them – that I think can help us to be the
kind of person Jesus is talking about in his comment this morning about
humbling ourselves or being humble.
First, thank God for something
every day.
Realize that what we have or own,
even though we have worked very hard for it, is really a gift from God.
Ultimately, when push comes to
shove, all that we have is a gift from God.
So thank God for something, for one
thing every day.
Second, be in touch each day with
some need of personal or spiritual growth.
It might be making a few moments
to be quiet and pray every day.
It might be having more patience
when things take longer than I think they should.
But be in touch each day with
some need of personal or spiritual growth.
Third, listen to others.
Allow others to be the center of
attention or at least to have time to express themselves.
Take in what they say and try to
appreciate what they are really communicating before we say anything in
response.
Listen to others.
And fourth, say nothing when we
do not know something or even admit that we do not know it.
Do not pretend that we know more
than we do.
Do not play one-upsmanship.
Say nothing when we do not know
something or even admit that we do not know it.
I think those simple rules or
guidelines will help us to grow to become the kind of person Jesus is talking
about in today’s gospel.
