The Glory of Humility

Sitting face-to-face with the Eucharistic Jesus, Rose Folsom invites us to wonder at the glory we have in Him.

Paul always stops me in my tracks at Colossians 1:15-17. My eyes glaze over and I sit in wonder that Jesus “is the image of the invisible God;” that “in him were created all things … all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things;” and “in him all things hold together.”

Here Paul is telling us mysteries that are beyond our grasp, but the very wonder of it speaks of love and power and eternity, and all the things you’d hope were involved in a relationship with God Almighty.

Paul’s words are especially powerful to mull when we’re in Eucharistic Adoration. Here he is, before our eyes, the one who holds the universe in being every second. He is the logos, the reason, the glue, the overarching principle of all creation—disguised as a little piece of bread.

Why would this Jesus come as a man, to die a criminal for little old us? Why would He come back to offer Himself as spiritual food for our journey to heaven? It is because of who we are. Because of His mercy, we are members of His body, the Church.

Something for nothing

Awareness of these realities is a great way to enter into humility, which is seeing ourselves as God sees us—as we really are. Humility has two sides: on one hand, we are nothing because we didn’t create ourselves and we can’t keep ourselves in being for a single second. On the other hand, God who is love has created us from nothing and raised us to the heights of dignity by giving us His own attributes: reason, free will, and immortality.

How glorious is this kind of humility! We have infinite value in the One who has loved us, and only in Him.

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Because of His mercy, we are members of His body, the Church. #CatholicMom

If we can humble ourselves to give primacy to Jesus and give up selfish and fearful control of our lives, we get the universe and all heaven in return. This is no humility, but rather a goldmine of graces that we have access to with one simple word: “Yes.”

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