This is the art of Catholic.

Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interest of others. Have this in mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was

in the form of God, did not count equality with God, a thing to be grasped, but emptied

himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men, and being found

in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death,

even death on a cross. That my friends is St. Paul in Philippians 2, 3 to 8, one of my

favorite passages in all of scripture, and crushes me every single time. From studio number

2 at the St. Paul Center

for Biblical theology, my name is Matthew Leonard,

and this is the art of Catholic podcast.

Now I was reminded of this passage in Philippians this morning

when I was praying in adoration before mass.

And yes, I happen to live in one of these wonderful places

in the world where I have many different options

for Mass every day.

We have several perpetual adoration chapels and so I get to do it all the time and this morning

in adoration I was using the Magnificat and I'm a big fan of the Magnificat magazine and

I use it just about every day to pray portions of the liturgy of the hours.

I've got an app for it on my phone.

We have the books at home,

but one of the things that I love about it

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