Is it possible for us to let go of our private judgment - to let ourselves be led by the Spirit of God into the Truth? As we read the teachings and the stories of the fathers on humility and how this virtue is embodied, the difficulty of letting go of our own perspective on virtue, and what it is must be abandoned. The virtue that we are called to is the virtue of Christ. Once again, we are not called simply to the perfection of natural virtue or what we can attain by human effort. It is by the grace of God alone that we can let go of self-esteem and ego. We will cling to these with fierceness despite having the truth set before our eyes; what we see on the Cross and receive in the Eucharist. We are unwilling to yield the things of this world for that which is eternal - for the pearl of great price.
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Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Thirty-two Part II and Letter Thirty-three Part I
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Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Thirty Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Seventy-two Part III
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-nine Part II and Letter Thirty Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Seventy-two Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-eight Part II and Letter Twenty-nine Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-seven Part II and Letter Twenty-eight Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-seven Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-six Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-five Part II and Letter Twenty-six Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-four Part II and Letter Twenty-five Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-three Part II and Letter Twenty-four Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-three Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Twenty-two Part II
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