February 21, 2025 • 25 mins
Discover the transformative power of humility as we explore three practical tips rooted in Jesus' teachings. From detachment to genuine acts of kindness, learn how true humility can bring freedom, joy, and spiritual growth. Join us in uncovering how to embrace this often-misunderstood virtue and reflect God's love in your life.
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Humility means being honest about oneself. Sotoday we're going to give you three tips to
practice humility and we hope that we all canactually progress in this beautiful virtue.
Welcome to Salve Maria, the podcast of the Heraldsof the Gospel.
(00:23):
Salve Maria Fr. Arthur. Salve Maria. Salve MariaFr. Justin. Salve Maria. So Father, humility
means being honest about oneself. So what canwe bring here about humility to define humility
for the audience? Is it a very popular virtuetoday? I don't think it ever is. Not in marketing
at least. I think if we seriously look at it,no, never. Never. It's not very popular. Never.
(00:48):
We see legions of people looking at themselvesat the mirrors, you know, probably going that
line and, yeah, that's a kind of... Taking selfies.Sometimes in the train you see somebody, you
know, looking in a mirror or at herself, etc.Or himself. Let's not pick on ladies only because,
yeah. But, okay, but humility. According tothe Saint's Father, here we have in the notes
(01:13):
says,
basics of the virtue of humility. So, what dowe say, Hoda? Yes, because Saint Teresa used
to say that humility is the truth. To acceptwhat God gave you and what God wants you to
(01:33):
be, that is humility. If He wants you to bea very important person, humility is to be
a very important person and accept what Godwants. But recognizing that this comes from
God. We don't have to hide behind the curtains.No, exactly. That's false humility. False humility.
It's more dangerous. But another one is thecognate of the word humility comes from the
(01:57):
word to be grounded. So when we are feet onthe ground, being real, then we're humble.
So if you're brilliant, you're brilliant. Butif you're putting on airs, well, then you have
a problem, right? That's where the problem lies.And most times, The proud ones are the ones
(02:17):
that are thinking are gods. And guess what?You're human, you're mortal, you're going to
die. Come to grips with it. They are not humans,they're not close to the ground. There's no
ground here, they're floating. Exactly, they'renot close to reality. So they, and people,
those who are not humble, they live in a fantasyworld. They imagine things and they live in
(02:40):
this imagination. And when something comes,that breaks this imagination, then they are
collapsed. That's disaster. Because I'm notwhat I thought, et cetera. And then they get
into crisis and then they could even find wrongsolution, you know? And then you got into drugs
or depression, da da. Some episodes ago we weretalking about that, right? The importance of
(03:04):
having spiritual values. And one of the productsof not having spiritual values is a poor choices.
It means that humility is the solution for thedepression. How much depression is out there?
It's amazing, it's enormous. Many people, youknow. It's another pandemic. It's a pandemic.
As we speak. Absolutely, it's a pandemic. Andthe solution is this virtue that we're going
(03:26):
to talk about right now, humility. But alsobefore we go to the tips, because I'm sure
at this point, you know, people say, okay, whatare the tips? I can practice, I can apply.
But at the same time, right, we have the problemof the devil. The devil is proud par excellence
and he wants to sit in the throne of God. Sowhen we say that, humility is obedience to
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God's commandments. That's the first thing.How important is this? Exactly, that's the
first thing. So to put yourself in the rightplace, it means that you recognize that there
is somebody above you, which is God. And heis your creator and he is the one who's going
to decide for you. what you should do and youhave to obey his commandments. And by obeying
(04:14):
his commandments, you're going to be free. Yourspirit will develop and you're going to become
somebody. If you don't follow what God wants,you're going to be nobody because you're going
to be nothing. You're going to be somebody whohas no strengths in life, who has no direction,
has no purpose. And of course it will finishbad, it will finish down. Because a person
(04:40):
has these lofty dreams of themselves and thenthe balloon is popped. And instead of achieving
an equilibrium, they go from the one extremeto the absolute other, which is a nihilistic
situation where nothing exists, there is nothing.And that produces all kinds of even worse decisions.
(05:04):
The Ten Commandments seem to be very negativisticbecause if we are going to cease from that
perspective, they say, do not do this, do notdo that, it's ten do nots. But in the end of
the story, what happens? You could complete,because if you do so, you're gonna be unhappy,
right? So God wants us to be happy. Humilityis not something that is oppressive, but rather
(05:28):
brings freedom about it. Absolutely, by forbiddingus some things that we shouldn't do, he's showing
us the way. Take the way and then you will besomebody. Our Lord very much does that in the
Beatitudes. It shows us the path of blessednessin which we will be happy on earth and afterwards
also. He completes the 10 commandments. Absolutely.But Father, we can go now to the first tip.
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And the first tip comes from an unexpected angle.The spiritualists and people who study the
soul and the saints, they all come to the sameconclusion. If we want to start practicing
humility, we need to practice detachment. Fantastic.Why? Because the person who is proud, he wants
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to have for himself things that will make himbig. Instead of recognizing that it comes from
God, it doesn't come from himself, it doesn'tcome from things that you want money, you want
power, you want prestige. So the person becomesattached to things of the world, dreaming that
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this is going to bring them up. But no, it doesn't.By detachment of the things of the world, by
detachment of the things that we even can usethem, but with detachment. Because of course,
they are bad things, and they are good things.And you have to be actually detached, of course,
of the bad, there's no doubt. But you have tobe detached of the good also, things that...
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that comes into your life, that are given toyou, maybe by inheritance, by other circumstances,
and of course, at the end, is by God himself.And then you will use them for something superior
to you, which is God, and then you will be free,and you will be happy. Somebody very witty
(07:23):
made an observation. I said that there are nomoving companies following funeral corteges,
right? So when the funeral, uh, cottage goesand these cars and so on, nobody goes to the,
to be buried, gathering, you know, moving onwith all the belongings. Right. And that is
(07:46):
true. And in the end of the story, we are alone.Let's bring the good things. We're alone, we're
naked and we're with any, without any possessionsat all. We're absolutely detached. And for
some That's a point of joy. And for others,it's a point of horror. Now, there's a point
here to remind us well, that attachments, theydistract us from God. Because you end up putting
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in your life in the place of God, other things,and you end up creating your little gods. You
create little gods that you need, your health,your this and that, et cetera, da, da. And
even could be other people. They become yourGod because you depend on them because they
(08:38):
bring you a certain satisfaction so that youtransform them into your own gods. And this,
of course, derides you from God himself. Weshould be really attached in the good sense.
Then yes, we need to be attached to God. Wecannot be attached to God and attached to the
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other things. As it's in the gospel, you cannotserve two masters. One master is God, the other
master is anything else. Anything can be yourmaster. People take for God all kinds of things.
There are an incredible amount of funny religionsout there that people, I don't know how they
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end up believing things that of course don'texist. and they lose their life completely.
So we have to be attached to God and detachedto all the rest. You know, one time Monsignor
Jean Clave used to give this example, he wasa master in examples, right? And he said that,
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okay, our love is not infinite. And if you want,you can imagine, compare our love to a full
salami. You know, those Italian salamis, right,that are long. But then if we start cutting
it into pieces, right? We end up cutting, untilat a certain moment we don't have anything
else. So if our love is there, and then whathappens? Okay, we give some to money, some
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to fame, some to, we start cutting, whateveris left is for God. And if we end up cutting
a lot with attachments, what's going to happen?We don't have anything left. Nothing. But because
you're cutting thin slices, the person themselvesdoesn't perceive what they've done. That's
a catch. through freedom comes from detachment.Of course, it's freedom of the things that
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are useless actually, things that don't serveus. They don't bring us eternal happiness.
And the only one who can satisfy our love isGod. God is the only one that matches that
desire that we have of love. This is why wecannot cut it into salami because he is infinite.
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the love that we have has to be fully for him.So even when I love other things that are good
in life, that are holy, et cetera, I am actuallyloving God through those things, and this is
absolutely good. You see Franciscans, right?Franciscan poverty is probably one of those,
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you know, definitions of poverty, this Franciscan,he says no. So they don't have anything, and
it's beautiful. But here's some Franciscans,The more possessions a man has, or a woman,
the more they want. Well, the less they have,the less they need. And therefore the less
they need, the closest to God they are. Andthis is where the Franciscan joy comes as well,
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right from. So one is that we can look at hisSaint Ignatius of Loyola. He's not Franciscan,
but he's a little different. He says the following.We should not fix our desires on health rather
than sickness, wealth rather than poverty, honorrather than dishonor, long life rather than
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a short life, but desire and choose only whathelps us more towards the end for which we
were created. This is the ultimate plan of life.How not to get frustrated, how not to get depressed,
how not to be anything. Whatever comes. If that'sguiding us towards our final end, that will
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make us happy. But it also makes us very humblebecause we're not depending on our own selves,
but we're putting ourselves in the hands ofGod. Mindfulness will not get us there. No.
Definitely not. And your internal equilibrium,you know, is preserved. Balance. Balance of
faith. Your balance because if something goodcomes to you and is in the plan of God, you
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just take it. And you're happy. And if it goes,it's God's will. Exactly. Easy come, easy go.
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we come back with two more tips on how to practicehumility and be really happy about it. Salve
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And until we meet again, may Almighty God blessyou, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen. So welcome back, Father. We have anothertip here for practicing humility, knowing what
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we are good at without showing off. A personwho is a good cook and making meals for other
people and others recognizing that person isvery good is not a question of being proud.
It's recognizing the gifts that were given tothe person. What's ridiculous is a person who
pretends to be a good cook and is actual facta maniac. Those cooks should give up and please,
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you know, walk away from the kitchen. But, um,that also brings us assertiveness, right? Because
that defines us. Not as someone who is doubtingall the time or trying to hide behind the curtains
like Father was saying before, but rather veryrealistic. You're good at that, well, let's
use it for the good of others. Yeah, for thegood of others and for the greater glory of
God. That's how it should be. And then we havethe equilibrium. Then we're based. You're not
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imagining something, you're not making up something,but you're not hiding those gifts that God
gave you either. You're good. You're in a goodplace. So it makes you authentic. This is what
you are. There's nothing worse when you starta conversation with somebody and you realize-
Somebody's pretending. Pretending all the time.You think that he's Napoleon or something.
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And- Or the opposite, no. I, the last personon earth. I, the worst sinner. The other day
we were listening to Professor Pinochet's deliver.I know he was saying, no, I mean, probably
there are people in jail that are worse thanus, right? So we cannot say that we are the
worst person on earth. Let's put things intobalance and humility is the truth. The truth
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bring us happiness. So when you're talking tothe truth, then our Lord Jesus Christ, he was
the truth. And Pontius Pilate was talking tothe truth. Now he had the truth in front of
him. But Pontius Pilate denied the truth. Exactly.Right, so who was the proud one there? Was
Jesus proud? Because he says, I was born tobe king. Exactly. Is he being dishonest? He
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was dating. He was authentic. He was saying,I am the king, I am the truth, and you have
to serve me. And Pilate said no. So the proudone here is Pilate. Exactly. There is a little
fact in the life of St. John Bosco. Once theyhad a very, very severe teacher, right? There
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was a very stern teacher, and this teacher wouldnot tolerate anyone forgetting books. So he
was pointing at students to read the passage.that they were studying in a Latin class and
San John Bosco forgot his book. So what happened?He couldn't do anything so picks up another
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book and starts reading by heart the whole passagein Latin, by heart. He doesn't have the book.
So all the students around start talking, andthe teacher, who is very, very stern and a
disciplinarian by nature, he starts gettingimpatient, says, oh, what is this? And then
the students couldn't take it anymore and startedclapping. And then Saint John Bosco is there.
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He just looks at the teacher, doesn't say anything.The teacher doesn't understand, and when he
realizes that Saint John Bosco actually doesnot have the book, he says, okay, well, it's
good. But you don't see Don Bosco going andsaying, see how good I am, you know, see how
great I am. Don Bosco didn't say anything, hejust went on reading. He knew he had a powerful
memory, but he wouldn't brag about it. Fantastic.That's really... But it didn't mean that he
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threw it in the garbage. He didn't throw awayhis talents. It is a pleasure to speak with
somebody who is humble, who is what he is, youknow? So you are talking to somebody that...
that it's part of reality, you're talking toreality. This is the most fantastic thing.
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And tip number three, also from a completelydifferent angle that probably may surprise
our audience. Being humble is also helping someoneelse without expecting a reward. Many people
do good actions to be seen, starting by thePharisees and all these examples our Lord gives
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in the scripture. But also it's difficult tofind people who do something good, do not want
to be recognized and rather step away withouteven people realizing. Very likely you met
people that they know something that you don'tknow, and they realize that you don't know
and they don't want to tell you. Because theywant to show that they are more than you because
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they know something that you don't know Andthis is the most horrible experience that you
can have The family who is not charitable athome We have here a line of st. John krasovsky
says the poor are not the recipients of ourgifts They are the benefactors of our souls
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That's or doesn't mean financial it means andalways yeah others can always help us help
us become saints. And that's where we miss ouropportunities. So helping someone else without
expecting a reward is not only an act of humility,but also a big act of charity, you know? And
sometimes happens that the recipients do notvalue when they receive, because it is always
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good to give, but the person who receives needsto show a little bit of humility to be able
to receive that. And that was a problem thathappened to Donna Lucilia. Dona Lucilia, the
mother of Professor Pino Corrado Oliveira, knowthat we have books about her and everything
else. Her problem was that she had such a goodnessthat people did not like her because of so
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much goodness she had. And imagine if it reactedlike that to her, imagine how people react
to our lady, for instance, or to God himself.They become resentful. Because they have to
give back some. It's a question of justice.Giving a donation is always, you know, feels
good. Receiving a donation puts us in the positionof humility. Right? Yes. So, right? People
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are ready, much more ready to give somehow thanto receive. But if you're humble and receive
something with humility, then the one who gives,who want to give you more, because it's a pleasure
to give something to somebody who's humble andhe... acknowledges and recognizes and say thank
you to you sincerely. It's a, it's a fantasticcommunication of soul. And isn't this a question?
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And sometimes we complain that we don't receivethings that God maybe forgot us, whatever.
Maybe we should ask, no, well, when I receive,am I thankful? Because God is delighted to
see when we are thankful. And if we pretendthat we ignore him. And did I recognize that
it came from him? I went back to the leopards,they went back to him and say, thank you. We
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receive it from you. It is from you that wereceive this and we want to serve you. We want
to know you. But the only one who came backwith the leopards was a Samaritan. It's a foreigner.
So I mean, that's the problem is that in humannature, we don't, nine out of 10 times, we
don't do the right thing. And the others, theywere Jews and they should have had more obligation
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to come back to the Rabbi and say, thank you,Rabbi. You know? Imagine they would recognize
it. They should have been able to recognizeit better, but they didn't. Exactly. And what
happened is that the nine were cured physically,but not spiritually, but the one who came back,
Jesus forgot his sins. Now you can go, you havebeen saved. This brings us almost magically
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to the point of gratefulness, right? Becausesometimes we tend to forget the good things
we receive because we are so blinded by ournecessities that we do not count our blessings.
And this is important, right? If we are goingto be humble as well, we recognize that everything
we have that is good that comes from God, comesfrom him, but also to be able to recognize,
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right? This is something I'm receiving thatis fantastic. And we need to make that effort.
to be grateful. And he will give us more. Ifwe come back unto him and we say thank you,
he will give us much more because he wants togive. God is not that, you know, he has to
say for himself because if he gives, he's goingto lose his fortune. No, his fortune is infinite.
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Infinite. So he can give, you know, whateverhe wants and will never finish. No, it's beautiful.
So Father, we have here to wrap up because ofcourse we're always running out of time. but
we have then key reminders about humility, thatkind of call to action. So one is to be detached
and to be grateful. Another one to see othersas equally valuable and also serving without
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expecting praise. Those are sometimes simplethings that we may have heard and whatnot,
but what if we start putting them into practice?Maybe our virtue of humility. Then you will
be happy. Because when you are humble, thenyou recognize who you are. God loves you and
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he's going to give you the happiness that youneed. It is only God that can make us happy.
So be humble and then you will be happy. Thisis the first commandment actually, in other
words, recognize who you are and then God willreward you in an infinite way. So. Let us ask
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the Blessed Virgin Mary, because she was humble,she was made the mother of God. Who more can
you be? So let's ask her to teach us how tobe humble. And for all of you, the blessing
of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,come upon you and remain with you forever.
Amen.
Humility means being honest about oneself. Sotoday we're going to give you three tips to
practice humility and we hope that we all canactually progress in this beautiful virtue.
Welcome to Salve Maria, the podcast of the Heraldsof the Gospel.
(00:23):
Salve Maria Fr. Arthur. Salve Maria. Salve MariaFr. Justin. Salve Maria. So Father, humility
means being honest about oneself. So what canwe bring here about humility to define humility
for the audience? Is it a very popular virtuetoday? I don't think it ever is. Not in marketing
at least. I think if we seriously look at it,no, never. Never. It's not very popular. Never.
(00:48):
We see legions of people looking at themselvesat the mirrors, you know, probably going that
line and, yeah, that's a kind of... Taking selfies.Sometimes in the train you see somebody, you
know, looking in a mirror or at herself, etc.Or himself. Let's not pick on ladies only because,
yeah. But, okay, but humility. According tothe Saint's Father, here we have in the notes
(01:13):
says,
basics of the virtue of humility. So, what dowe say, Hoda? Yes, because Saint Teresa used
to say that humility is the truth. To acceptwhat God gave you and what God wants you to
(01:33):
be, that is humility. If He wants you to bea very important person, humility is to be
a very important person and accept what Godwants. But recognizing that this comes from
God. We don't have to hide behind the curtains.No, exactly. That's false humility. False humility.
It's more dangerous. But another one is thecognate of the word humility comes from the
(01:57):
word to be grounded. So when we are feet onthe ground, being real, then we're humble.
So if you're brilliant, you're brilliant. Butif you're putting on airs, well, then you have
a problem, right? That's where the problem lies.And most times, The proud ones are the ones
(02:17):
that are thinking are gods. And guess what?You're human, you're mortal, you're going to
die. Come to grips with it. They are not humans,they're not close to the ground. There's no
ground here, they're floating. Exactly, they'renot close to reality. So they, and people,
those who are not humble, they live in a fantasyworld. They imagine things and they live in
(02:40):
this imagination. And when something comes,that breaks this imagination, then they are
collapsed. That's disaster. Because I'm notwhat I thought, et cetera. And then they get
into crisis and then they could even find wrongsolution, you know? And then you got into drugs
or depression, da da. Some episodes ago we weretalking about that, right? The importance of
(03:04):
having spiritual values. And one of the productsof not having spiritual values is a poor choices.
It means that humility is the solution for thedepression. How much depression is out there?
It's amazing, it's enormous. Many people, youknow. It's another pandemic. It's a pandemic.
As we speak. Absolutely, it's a pandemic. Andthe solution is this virtue that we're going
(03:26):
to talk about right now, humility. But alsobefore we go to the tips, because I'm sure
at this point, you know, people say, okay, whatare the tips? I can practice, I can apply.
But at the same time, right, we have the problemof the devil. The devil is proud par excellence
and he wants to sit in the throne of God. Sowhen we say that, humility is obedience to
(03:50):
God's commandments. That's the first thing.How important is this? Exactly, that's the
first thing. So to put yourself in the rightplace, it means that you recognize that there
is somebody above you, which is God. And heis your creator and he is the one who's going
to decide for you. what you should do and youhave to obey his commandments. And by obeying
(04:14):
his commandments, you're going to be free. Yourspirit will develop and you're going to become
somebody. If you don't follow what God wants,you're going to be nobody because you're going
to be nothing. You're going to be somebody whohas no strengths in life, who has no direction,
has no purpose. And of course it will finishbad, it will finish down. Because a person
(04:40):
has these lofty dreams of themselves and thenthe balloon is popped. And instead of achieving
an equilibrium, they go from the one extremeto the absolute other, which is a nihilistic
situation where nothing exists, there is nothing.And that produces all kinds of even worse decisions.
(05:04):
The Ten Commandments seem to be very negativisticbecause if we are going to cease from that
perspective, they say, do not do this, do notdo that, it's ten do nots. But in the end of
the story, what happens? You could complete,because if you do so, you're gonna be unhappy,
right? So God wants us to be happy. Humilityis not something that is oppressive, but rather
(05:28):
brings freedom about it. Absolutely, by forbiddingus some things that we shouldn't do, he's showing
us the way. Take the way and then you will besomebody. Our Lord very much does that in the
Beatitudes. It shows us the path of blessednessin which we will be happy on earth and afterwards
also. He completes the 10 commandments. Absolutely.But Father, we can go now to the first tip.
(05:53):
And the first tip comes from an unexpected angle.The spiritualists and people who study the
soul and the saints, they all come to the sameconclusion. If we want to start practicing
humility, we need to practice detachment. Fantastic.Why? Because the person who is proud, he wants
(06:17):
to have for himself things that will make himbig. Instead of recognizing that it comes from
God, it doesn't come from himself, it doesn'tcome from things that you want money, you want
power, you want prestige. So the person becomesattached to things of the world, dreaming that
(06:37):
this is going to bring them up. But no, it doesn't.By detachment of the things of the world, by
detachment of the things that we even can usethem, but with detachment. Because of course,
they are bad things, and they are good things.And you have to be actually detached, of course,
of the bad, there's no doubt. But you have tobe detached of the good also, things that...
(07:01):
that comes into your life, that are given toyou, maybe by inheritance, by other circumstances,
and of course, at the end, is by God himself.And then you will use them for something superior
to you, which is God, and then you will be free,and you will be happy. Somebody very witty
(07:23):
made an observation. I said that there are nomoving companies following funeral corteges,
right? So when the funeral, uh, cottage goesand these cars and so on, nobody goes to the,
to be buried, gathering, you know, moving onwith all the belongings. Right. And that is
(07:46):
true. And in the end of the story, we are alone.Let's bring the good things. We're alone, we're
naked and we're with any, without any possessionsat all. We're absolutely detached. And for
some That's a point of joy. And for others,it's a point of horror. Now, there's a point
here to remind us well, that attachments, theydistract us from God. Because you end up putting
(08:15):
in your life in the place of God, other things,and you end up creating your little gods. You
create little gods that you need, your health,your this and that, et cetera, da, da. And
even could be other people. They become yourGod because you depend on them because they
(08:38):
bring you a certain satisfaction so that youtransform them into your own gods. And this,
of course, derides you from God himself. Weshould be really attached in the good sense.
Then yes, we need to be attached to God. Wecannot be attached to God and attached to the
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other things. As it's in the gospel, you cannotserve two masters. One master is God, the other
master is anything else. Anything can be yourmaster. People take for God all kinds of things.
There are an incredible amount of funny religionsout there that people, I don't know how they
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end up believing things that of course don'texist. and they lose their life completely.
So we have to be attached to God and detachedto all the rest. You know, one time Monsignor
Jean Clave used to give this example, he wasa master in examples, right? And he said that,
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okay, our love is not infinite. And if you want,you can imagine, compare our love to a full
salami. You know, those Italian salamis, right,that are long. But then if we start cutting
it into pieces, right? We end up cutting, untilat a certain moment we don't have anything
else. So if our love is there, and then whathappens? Okay, we give some to money, some
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to fame, some to, we start cutting, whateveris left is for God. And if we end up cutting
a lot with attachments, what's going to happen?We don't have anything left. Nothing. But because
you're cutting thin slices, the person themselvesdoesn't perceive what they've done. That's
a catch. through freedom comes from detachment.Of course, it's freedom of the things that
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are useless actually, things that don't serveus. They don't bring us eternal happiness.
And the only one who can satisfy our love isGod. God is the only one that matches that
desire that we have of love. This is why wecannot cut it into salami because he is infinite.
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the love that we have has to be fully for him.So even when I love other things that are good
in life, that are holy, et cetera, I am actuallyloving God through those things, and this is
absolutely good. You see Franciscans, right?Franciscan poverty is probably one of those,
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you know, definitions of poverty, this Franciscan,he says no. So they don't have anything, and
it's beautiful. But here's some Franciscans,The more possessions a man has, or a woman,
the more they want. Well, the less they have,the less they need. And therefore the less
they need, the closest to God they are. Andthis is where the Franciscan joy comes as well,
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right from. So one is that we can look at hisSaint Ignatius of Loyola. He's not Franciscan,
but he's a little different. He says the following.We should not fix our desires on health rather
than sickness, wealth rather than poverty, honorrather than dishonor, long life rather than
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a short life, but desire and choose only whathelps us more towards the end for which we
were created. This is the ultimate plan of life.How not to get frustrated, how not to get depressed,
how not to be anything. Whatever comes. If that'sguiding us towards our final end, that will
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make us happy. But it also makes us very humblebecause we're not depending on our own selves,
but we're putting ourselves in the hands ofGod. Mindfulness will not get us there. No.
Definitely not. And your internal equilibrium,you know, is preserved. Balance. Balance of
faith. Your balance because if something goodcomes to you and is in the plan of God, you
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just take it. And you're happy. And if it goes,it's God's will. Exactly. Easy come, easy go.
That's nice. Let's go to a quick infomercialwith Father Ryan Murphy, who is inviting us
to this ever-increasing and ever-growing DivineMercy Chaplet, which happens daily. And then
we come back with two more tips on how to practicehumility and be really happy about it. Salve
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Maria. I'm Father Ryan Murphy of the Heraldsof the Gospel. And I'm delighted to extend
an invitation to each and every one of you.In the midst of our busy lives, it's crucial
to take a moment of reflection of soulless endof prayer. That's why I would like to personally
invite you to join us every day at 3 PM fora special and powerful devotion, the Divine
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Mercy Chaplet. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is abeautiful prayer that embodies the boundless
compassion of our Lord. It's a time to cometogether as a community, regardless of where
we are, and lift up our intentions, our hopes,and even our burdens to the heart of Jesus.
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Imagine all around the world, countless voicesuniting in prayer at this very hour. It's a
moment of connection, of spiritual unity, andof seeking God's mercy in a troubled So mark
your calendars, set your alarms, and make acommitment to join us each day at 3pm. Tune
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in and experience the transformative power ofthe Divine Mercy Chaplet. Let this be a sanctuary
of peace amidst the noise of life. Thank youfor being a part of our Heralds Canada YouTube
channel. Together, let's embark on this journeyof faith, hope, and faith. and mercy. I'm looking
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forward to praying with you every day at 3 p.m.May God's love and mercy shine upon you always.
And until we meet again, may Almighty God blessyou, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen. So welcome back, Father. We have anothertip here for practicing humility, knowing what
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we are good at without showing off. A personwho is a good cook and making meals for other
people and others recognizing that person isvery good is not a question of being proud.
It's recognizing the gifts that were given tothe person. What's ridiculous is a person who
pretends to be a good cook and is actual facta maniac. Those cooks should give up and please,
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you know, walk away from the kitchen. But, um,that also brings us assertiveness, right? Because
that defines us. Not as someone who is doubtingall the time or trying to hide behind the curtains
like Father was saying before, but rather veryrealistic. You're good at that, well, let's
use it for the good of others. Yeah, for thegood of others and for the greater glory of
God. That's how it should be. And then we havethe equilibrium. Then we're based. You're not
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imagining something, you're not making up something,but you're not hiding those gifts that God
gave you either. You're good. You're in a goodplace. So it makes you authentic. This is what
you are. There's nothing worse when you starta conversation with somebody and you realize-
Somebody's pretending. Pretending all the time.You think that he's Napoleon or something.
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And- Or the opposite, no. I, the last personon earth. I, the worst sinner. The other day
we were listening to Professor Pinochet's deliver.I know he was saying, no, I mean, probably
there are people in jail that are worse thanus, right? So we cannot say that we are the
worst person on earth. Let's put things intobalance and humility is the truth. The truth
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bring us happiness. So when you're talking tothe truth, then our Lord Jesus Christ, he was
the truth. And Pontius Pilate was talking tothe truth. Now he had the truth in front of
him. But Pontius Pilate denied the truth. Exactly.Right, so who was the proud one there? Was
Jesus proud? Because he says, I was born tobe king. Exactly. Is he being dishonest? He
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was dating. He was authentic. He was saying,I am the king, I am the truth, and you have
to serve me. And Pilate said no. So the proudone here is Pilate. Exactly. There is a little
fact in the life of St. John Bosco. Once theyhad a very, very severe teacher, right? There
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was a very stern teacher, and this teacher wouldnot tolerate anyone forgetting books. So he
was pointing at students to read the passage.that they were studying in a Latin class and
San John Bosco forgot his book. So what happened?He couldn't do anything so picks up another
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book and starts reading by heart the whole passagein Latin, by heart. He doesn't have the book.
So all the students around start talking, andthe teacher, who is very, very stern and a
disciplinarian by nature, he starts gettingimpatient, says, oh, what is this? And then
the students couldn't take it anymore and startedclapping. And then Saint John Bosco is there.
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He just looks at the teacher, doesn't say anything.The teacher doesn't understand, and when he
realizes that Saint John Bosco actually doesnot have the book, he says, okay, well, it's
good. But you don't see Don Bosco going andsaying, see how good I am, you know, see how
great I am. Don Bosco didn't say anything, hejust went on reading. He knew he had a powerful
memory, but he wouldn't brag about it. Fantastic.That's really... But it didn't mean that he
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threw it in the garbage. He didn't throw awayhis talents. It is a pleasure to speak with
somebody who is humble, who is what he is, youknow? So you are talking to somebody that...
that it's part of reality, you're talking toreality. This is the most fantastic thing.
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And tip number three, also from a completelydifferent angle that probably may surprise
our audience. Being humble is also helping someoneelse without expecting a reward. Many people
do good actions to be seen, starting by thePharisees and all these examples our Lord gives
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in the scripture. But also it's difficult tofind people who do something good, do not want
to be recognized and rather step away withouteven people realizing. Very likely you met
people that they know something that you don'tknow, and they realize that you don't know
and they don't want to tell you. Because theywant to show that they are more than you because
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they know something that you don't know Andthis is the most horrible experience that you
can have The family who is not charitable athome We have here a line of st. John krasovsky
says the poor are not the recipients of ourgifts They are the benefactors of our souls
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That's or doesn't mean financial it means andalways yeah others can always help us help
us become saints. And that's where we miss ouropportunities. So helping someone else without
expecting a reward is not only an act of humility,but also a big act of charity, you know? And
sometimes happens that the recipients do notvalue when they receive, because it is always
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good to give, but the person who receives needsto show a little bit of humility to be able
to receive that. And that was a problem thathappened to Donna Lucilia. Dona Lucilia, the
mother of Professor Pino Corrado Oliveira, knowthat we have books about her and everything
else. Her problem was that she had such a goodnessthat people did not like her because of so
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much goodness she had. And imagine if it reactedlike that to her, imagine how people react
to our lady, for instance, or to God himself.They become resentful. Because they have to
give back some. It's a question of justice.Giving a donation is always, you know, feels
good. Receiving a donation puts us in the positionof humility. Right? Yes. So, right? People
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are ready, much more ready to give somehow thanto receive. But if you're humble and receive
something with humility, then the one who gives,who want to give you more, because it's a pleasure
to give something to somebody who's humble andhe... acknowledges and recognizes and say thank
you to you sincerely. It's a, it's a fantasticcommunication of soul. And isn't this a question?
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And sometimes we complain that we don't receivethings that God maybe forgot us, whatever.
Maybe we should ask, no, well, when I receive,am I thankful? Because God is delighted to
see when we are thankful. And if we pretendthat we ignore him. And did I recognize that
it came from him? I went back to the leopards,they went back to him and say, thank you. We
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receive it from you. It is from you that wereceive this and we want to serve you. We want
to know you. But the only one who came backwith the leopards was a Samaritan. It's a foreigner.
So I mean, that's the problem is that in humannature, we don't, nine out of 10 times, we
don't do the right thing. And the others, theywere Jews and they should have had more obligation
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to come back to the Rabbi and say, thank you,Rabbi. You know? Imagine they would recognize
it. They should have been able to recognizeit better, but they didn't. Exactly. And what
happened is that the nine were cured physically,but not spiritually, but the one who came back,
Jesus forgot his sins. Now you can go, you havebeen saved. This brings us almost magically
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to the point of gratefulness, right? Becausesometimes we tend to forget the good things
we receive because we are so blinded by ournecessities that we do not count our blessings.
And this is important, right? If we are goingto be humble as well, we recognize that everything
we have that is good that comes from God, comesfrom him, but also to be able to recognize,
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right? This is something I'm receiving thatis fantastic. And we need to make that effort.
to be grateful. And he will give us more. Ifwe come back unto him and we say thank you,
he will give us much more because he wants togive. God is not that, you know, he has to
say for himself because if he gives, he's goingto lose his fortune. No, his fortune is infinite.
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Infinite. So he can give, you know, whateverhe wants and will never finish. No, it's beautiful.
So Father, we have here to wrap up because ofcourse we're always running out of time. but
we have then key reminders about humility, thatkind of call to action. So one is to be detached
and to be grateful. Another one to see othersas equally valuable and also serving without
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expecting praise. Those are sometimes simplethings that we may have heard and whatnot,
but what if we start putting them into practice?Maybe our virtue of humility. Then you will
be happy. Because when you are humble, thenyou recognize who you are. God loves you and
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he's going to give you the happiness that youneed. It is only God that can make us happy.
So be humble and then you will be happy. Thisis the first commandment actually, in other
words, recognize who you are and then God willreward you in an infinite way. So. Let us ask
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the Blessed Virgin Mary, because she was humble,she was made the mother of God. Who more can
you be? So let's ask her to teach us how tobe humble. And for all of you, the blessing
of Almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,come upon you and remain with you forever.
Amen.
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