Беседа 27. О внутреннем смирении 1006

1. But you say: “What should I do, for I do not know how to acquire humility of conscience? This, they say, is beyond my power, and the knowledge of this is too sublime for me to acquire it.” I also know that you are too weak to reveal this, but what is impossible for people can very well happen with God. Instead of praying about certain objects and matters, leave it all and trust in one thing: 2. “God, grant me humility so that I can be freed from the scourge, so that thanks to me I can come closer even to those pleasures of the mind that I don’t yet know about, no matter how much I would like to know about them!” And He will give you the gift of His Spirit, which you cannot say or imagine how great it is. Thanks to Him, in a secret way, you will become humble, if only He sees that you do not want to step aside or even stop constantly asking for this, and if you do not tire of constantly offering this prayer. 3. Believe me, my brother, that humility is a certain strength that cannot be described in language and cannot be acquired through human effort. But through prayer it is given to the one to whom it is given, and in the midst of vigils with prayers and fervent petitions they acquire it. 4. If you want this, listen about this also from our Fathers: “Inner humility does not acquire if, alone in prayer, he does not remain 1007 in thought about it. 5. He has no humility because he did not ask for it and did not force himself to do so. He has no peace, for he did not watch at the gates of our Lord, did not ask and plead with tears and suffering that this would be given to him.” 1008 Full title of the conversation: “Question on the topic of inner humility.” The source of this quote cannot be identified. You might be interested in: