Good morning. I hope you all had a good week.
Today, once again, the Lord gives us a lesson about being a citizen of the Kingdom of God.
We, I am sure, have encountered persons who have to be the “leader of the band.” These are people who have to have their egos stroked all the time. They have to get the adulations of those around them. They have to be the “hit of the party”, if not, they are not “happy campers.”
C. S. Lewis tells us today, “As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.
Lewis goes on to remind us that “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
Remember what the Lord told us last week. The entrance to the Kingdom is through the “narrow” door. One who is filled with pride will never be able to bend their head low enough to get through that narrow door.
A good and blessed week to you all and pray for peace in our country.
Peace and All Good,
Fr. Vinnie, fcm and the
Bros and Srs of the
Franciscan House of Prayer.
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