August 29th, 2004
In my humble opinion...
Speaking
Together
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Past Columns:
August
22nd: Hot Asphalt, Cool Church
August 15: A Big Assumption
August 8: Do It Anyway!
August 1: Parking Lot Joys!
July 25:"Doh!"
July 18: Taking Church Home
July 11: Seven Eleven
July 4th: Independence Day
June 27: God Bless Father
George
June 20: Our New Priests
June13:Missing you
June 6: Farewell Father
Leonard
May 30: Going & Coming
& Going
May 23: P.O.P.S.
May 16:
Celebrating Our
Parish
May 9: Facing the Future
May2: Resurrection Sequel
April 25: Chapel Design
April 18: Oh what a week!
April 11: Easter Life!
April 4: Palms & Passion
March 28: Plenty Good Room
March 21: More Passion
March 14: Reconciliation
March 7: A sequel from Mel?
Feb 29: Come to
Life!
Feb 22:
An Adventure to Life
Feb15: A rose
by another name?
Feb 8: If at first...
Feb 1: Our Patron Saint
Jan 25:A View From Inside
Jan 18: Our School
Jan 11: Baptism with Fire
Colums from 2003
Columns from 2002
In today’s
gospel, Jesus urges us to be humble. So in an attempt to feign humility,
I’ll forgo sharing my own thoughts and present these random quotes
on humility. (Ok,, I’m taking a few more vacation days and I don’t
want to work too hard!!)
"I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be
humble about it?"
-Joan Baez
"Don't be so humble, you're not that great." -
Golda Meir
"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief
duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble"
- Helen Keller
“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors
nobleness.”
-Benjamin Franklin
“The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
-- St. Augustine.
“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” -Abraham
Lincoln
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority
off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
-Mark Twain
“It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities
without your help”. -Author Unknown
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking
they hit a triple’
-Barry Switzer
“When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people
will be disappointed to find they are not it”. -Bernard
Baily
"If I only had a little humility I would be perfect" -
Ted Turner
“Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.”
- Helen Nielsen
“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest
form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”
- John McCloy
"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for
all the possible changes of life." - George
Arliss
"Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real"
- Thomas Merton
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