Humility
Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart Matthew 11:29 Leseur's third month resolution, humility, is, she says, one of the foundation pillars of the spiritual life. She holds up Jesus as the exemplar of the virtue. He who is greatest is the most humble. That presents a paradox that challenges us. We are incapable of mastering it; only the Holy Spirit acting in us can manage it. Perhaps that is the greatest humility. Reading chapters from the Imitation of Christ as Leseur recommends daily just reinforces her focus on humility. I've begun to think that virtue is not only the key to sanctity but the key to a long and happy marriage. I think she would agree. Control and power sharing swirl around marriage and the temptation to turn the relationship into a tit for tat arrangement in which all activities, tasks, and opinions must be divided "fairly" is a trap. The very challenge