Humility and selfless-love often bears no resemblance to what we hold in our minds as their meaning. It is only seeing these things through the grace that God gives us and what has been revealed to us in Christ that we begin to understand that Christ took upon himself all that is human and its burden. He is Humility. He entered into the depths of our hell and the hell of our sin not only the free us from death, but that we might not experience these things in isolation. In the darkest things of this world there is always the presence of He who is light. When this world offers us no consolation, it is Christ who embraces us.
Humility, then, becomes our willingness to let go of the self and the self-image that we have created in our own minds and that has been distorted by our sin. It means to live in the truth of Christ who is self-emptying love. This will forever be a stumbling block in this world and to the human mind. Only faith can allow us to see the presence of Christ in our midst. Furthermore, it is only this selfless love of Christ within us the can bring healing and hope to others. When faith is reduced to an ideology or philosophy it becomes impotent. We must be willing to go, as it were, where angels fear to tread. We must be willing to enter into the depths of the sorrow of the world. Yet . . . we cannot do this so long as we cling to some worldly image of ourselves or perfection. We must die to self and sin and live fully to Christ. The cure for the human condition is and ever shall be crucified and humble love.
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The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part VII & Hypothesis VI Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-eight
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part VI
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-seven Part III
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part V
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-seven Part II
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part IV
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-six Part II and Letter Fifty-seven
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part III
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-five and Letter Fifty-six
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis V Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-four
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis IV and Hypothesis V
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-two Part II and Letter Fifty-three
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis III, Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Fifty-one and Letter Fifty-two
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis III, Part I
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-nine Part II and Letter Fifty
The Evergetinos - Vol. I, Hypothesis II, Part II
Letters of Spiritual Direction to a Young Soul - Letter Forty-nine
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