Daily Virtue Quote – St. Faustina
"The humility and love of the Immaculate Virgin penetrated my soul. The more I imitate the Mother of God, the more deeply I get to know Jesus." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
"The humility and love of the Immaculate Virgin penetrated my soul. The more I imitate the Mother of God, the more deeply I get to know Jesus." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
"Pride makes us forget our sins, for the remembrance of them leads to humility." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
"Ask Our Lord earnestly for His spirit of Eucharistic humility, of which you have the model always under your eyes. His Presence gives you the grace of it. Hold it in love and practice it faithfully. May every pulsation of your heart say to God: 'Give me humility! Make me humble! Make me love humiliation!'" [...]
"If you labor at humility, you labor at true sanctity. The more humble you are the more holy you will be. Humility is the exact measure, and it never deceives. Humility is the mother, the root, and the flower of all the virtues. It is the mistress of God's power, the guardian of His treasures [...]
"O my Beloved Redeemer, at the sight of the excessive tenderness Thou hast for men, I am beside myself, my Lord, and know not what to say. In this Sacrament Thou goest so far for their love as to hide Thy majesty and lower Thy glory; Thou goest so far as even to consume and [...]
"There is no piety without humility, no good prayer, no adoration in spirit and truth, since humility is the rule of all this. If some great virtue were demanded of you, such as fortitude, magnanimity, and penitence you might say 'I am not capable of mounting so high.' But here there is question of descending, [...]
"It is here that true humility can enter, for this virtue and that of detachment from self, I think, always go together. They are two sisters, who are inseparable." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.
"We should honor Our Lord in the manner and the virtue that He shows us in the Blessed Sacrament. Now, which is the virtue that He constantly practices there, constantly and openly teaches there to all, even to the most ignorant? Humility, annihilation. He is more humiliated there than in His birth, His life, even [...]
"If there is good in you, see more good in others, so that you may remain humble. It does no harm to esteem yourself less than anyone else, but it is very harmful to think yourself better than even one. The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy [...]
"You will remain in Eucharistic grace only by humility. This virtue is the dowry of love. You must possess it in order to go to Our Lord. With every other virtue you may be able to impersonate self and rest in self; but by humility, you disappear in order to allow Our Lord alone to [...]