Just for Today, May 1

No one is indeed richer than such a man, none more powerful, none more free; who knows how to leave himself and all things, and place himself in the very lowest place.

-Bk. II, ch. xi.
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There is one thing which nobody envies, and that is the last place; therefore, only there can we be free from vanity and afIliction of spirit. But as the way of man is not his (Jer. x, 23), we sometimes feel a desire to shine. When this happens, we must humbly acknowledge our imperfection, and consider ourselves little souls whom God has to support at every moment. When He sees that we recognize our nothingness and cry: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me (Ps. xciii), at once He stretches out His hand. But if out of zeal we try to do great things, He leaves us to our own resources.

True holiness consists in humbling ourselves and patiently bearing with our own imperfections.

-Conseils et Souvenirs.
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.