It is just about time for my yearly lesson in humility, and I am beginning to get nervous. Each academic year, at some point, I am forced to confront either my own humanity, or that of one of my ...
St. Augustine wrote that there were two kinds of love in the world: amor sui ad contemptum Dei et amor Dei ad contemptum sui — “love of self to the contempt of God and love of God to the contempt of ...
I worked in retail at the mall in college. I vividly remember being responsible for reorganizing the wall of denim at Express — which at the time felt as tall as the Sistine Chapel. This was the ...
Chinese proverb of the day explains a traditional saying that values silence, humility, and social harmony. The proverb ...
Sunday, Dec. 25, is the Nativity of the Lord. Mass readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25 or Matthew 1:18-25. The Newborn Christ is not found where ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — I stood in line with my husband at the pharmacy in the subway level of Mayo Clinic. It was Tuesday, which means we survived a week of worry and wondering if our insurance was going ...
For many people, humility is a message of the season. On Christmas, some like to recall from Philippians 2:8 that Jesus “humbled himself,” becoming “obedient to the point of death.” For some Jews like ...