Jesus
preached to the poor. He died poor. He suffered for us
the ignominious death on the cross. Yet His was the way that brought
salvation.
And
we must do no less because He had said: “If anyone wants to be a
follower of mine, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily and follow
me” (Lk. 9:23). This too is the way of all the saints who hold the
palm of victory, because humbly they carried their cross every day of their
lives. Read the lives of saints and see if you can point to even one
who was just sitting pretty, doing no sacrifice at all. Even the act
of true Christian love is itself sacrifice.
St.
Paul describes it as: “Love is humble, patient and forgiving” (1
Cor. 13:4). The ideologists say: “Be tough, radical and
clench-fisted.” The Christian: “Be not overcome by evil but overcome
evil with good” (Rom. 12:21). Check it up. Whom has the
Lord exalted: the proud or the humble?
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