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To: detch
You said: a sacrifice undertaken (by Catholics, at least) with some humility, which seems to be lacking in Roland Barnes writings.

I am interested in knowing how you personally define humility. What does it mean personally to you and can you describe what a humble person looks like?

64 posted on 02/19/2015 5:05:25 AM PST by lupie
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To: lupie

From Wikipedia (in part)...

Humility is variously seen as the act or posture of lowering oneself in relation to others. In a religious context this can mean ... acceptance of one’s defects, and submission to divine grace.

Jesus often went to the desert (sometimes for many days) and fasted, humbling himself before his Father and the human souls for whom he gave his life. That’s the epitome of humility.

As he said, “He who is first shall be last, and he who is last shall be first.”


76 posted on 02/19/2015 7:42:24 AM PST by detch
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