Catholic Classics Day 17: Abjection and Reputation in Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)
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Humility Is Loving Your Own Lowliness
- Humility means loving the lowliness and baseness within us, not merely recognizing it.
- St. Francis de Sales contrasts 'objection' (natural baseness) with humility as voluntary acknowledgment and delight in that lowliness for God's glory.
Social Status Changes How Suffering Is Received
- St. Francis uses vivid social examples to show how identical hardships can be honored or despised depending on status.
- He compares a ragged hermit (honored) with a poor gentleman (despised) and a rebuked religious (praised) with a rebuked layperson (called weak).
Accept Contempt While Repairing Real Harm
- Embrace both the evil (patience) and the contempt it brings (humility), but repair real harms when required.
- Accept shame or accidental faults willingly, repent sins, and still make lawful reparation when your fault scandalizes others.