Wednesday in the 6th Week of Ordinary Time

The greater you are, the more humbly you should behave, and then you will find favour with the Lord. Sirach 3:18

Humility is not an easy virtue. The natural tendency for us is grow in pride as we grow in greatness. But the Lord lays down for us the measure to become truly great: we are to grow more humble the more we are exalted. This requires that we grow more in the knowledge of God’s mercy towards us and the knowledge of our nothingness. Let us work hard to grow in this knowledge.