What a privilege it is to read the fathers! As we are being drawn by them into a deeper understanding of the virtue of humility, their vision of its beauty opens up before us. It is not something that only reveals the poverty of our sin and need for healing. Humility also reveals that we are made in the image and likeness of God.
We should not see humility then from a negative perspective. It reveals also the highest truth about who we are as human beings. We are destined to share in the fullness of the life of God. Humility does begin by acknowledging the truth about ourselves and our need for healing. Over the course of time it is perfected by the struggles that we undergo and the great losses that we experience. Eventually, however, by the action of God’s grace it is brought to perfection and there exist within us no desire for sin and no lingering element of pride. We begin to see in that moment that humility is one of the qualities of our God. Suddenly our vision of the spiritual life changes. Everything is meant to draw us into the fullness of his life, virtue and love. Thanks be to God!
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXII, Part II
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part VI
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XXI, and XXII, Part I
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part V
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XIX, and XX
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part IV
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part III
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part III
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part II
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part II
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part I
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII, Part IX, and XXVIII, Part I
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VIII
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVII, Part I
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VII
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVI, Part II
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part IV and XVI, Part I
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part III
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VI
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part II
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