Meditations

A Humble Heart Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matthew 11.29. The Son of God was the only one who could teach us this divine lesson. As St. Paul told us, Jesus is the one who always had the nature of God, but he did not think that by force he should try to become equal with God. What has he not done out of love for us? What has he not suffered at our hands, and what does he suffer still? As Isaiah said, like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, he never said a word of complaint. But look at us, we grumble about the smallest problems. We are vain, fragile, and overly sensitive. There is no true or constant gentleness without humility. As long as we are full of ourselves, everything in us will be shocked by faults in other people. If we are convinced that nothing is our rightful due, then nothing will make us bitter. If we think often of how destitute we are, we will become merciful toward weaknesses in other people. As St. Augustine tells us, there is not a single page in the scriptures where God does not thunder forth these great and loving words. Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.