Episode 35: If pride is the root of all sin, then humility must be the heart of all holiness, right? But what does it really mean to be humble? Join author and host Julia Monnin on this month's episode as she ponders these questions herself while reflecting on the connection between Fr. Kentenich's prayer "I beg you, Father, for all the Cross and Suffering" and the "Litany of Humility".
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Show Quotes:
"I beg you, Father, for all the cross and suffering that you hold ready for me. . . . But if you want to preserve me from suffering—I only want to comply with your fatherly wish—then I pray: Keep all misfortune far from me; you are alone for me life's guiding star. . . . Father, let me finally be entirely converted!" - Prayer of Fr. Joseph Kentenich as found in the book Heavenwards
"That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it." - From the Litany of Humility
"If I love the good that is in my neighbor as much as he loves it himself, that good is as much mine as it is his." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux