Humility and Gratitude - signs of spirituality
I Cor 15:1-11; Lk 7: 36-50
By the grace of God I am what I am, states St. Paul in today's first reading. That statement brings out two salient features of a truly Spiritual person. The first is Humility; the other quality flows from it and it is, Gratitude.
Humility is a sign that one knows oneself, understands oneself, places oneself in the right perspective and accepts what the Lord has called one towards. It is not abasing or belittling oneself; that would be a misunderstanding. Humility is looking at oneself from the perspective of God!
Gratitude is a quality that is sine qua non, for a life that wants to define itself with the adjective, "spiritual". A grateful heart is a holy heart. The woman who was forgiven, was offered a totally new life and that made her so exuberantly grateful that she did not hesitate to expess it through all means she thought would help.
A humble person is spiritual and a grateful person is holy.
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