HUMILITY

   “To be humble is to desire God’s esteem and despise that of men. ‘Love being ignored and considered nothing’: therefore, we must strive to deny all influence over our hearts to words like ‘promotions,’ ‘popularity,’ ‘esteem,’ and other such formulas. Christ was numbered among the criminals: why do we so desperately want to be numbered among the best?” 

 Fr. Edouard Poppe