We Are Not Cosmic Accidents

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Without our dignity that comes from God, we are just cosmic accidents. This is a humbling realization, but one that can also be empowering. Fr. Mike says we often misunderstand humility because we think it involves thinking less of ourselves. What it really involves is greater focus on God’s power and goodness, because he is the source of whatever power and goodness we have.

As C.S. Lewis wrote, “A really humble man will not be thinking about humility. He will not be thinking about himself at all.” For more on C.S. Lewis, check out this article, C. S. Lewis on Humility, by Dr. Andrew Swafford.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmidt and this is Ascension Presents.
0:11.0	So humility, interesting concept, actually not just concept, it's a virtue.
0:16.5	Did you know that humility wasn't actually considered a virtue until Jesus is time.
0:21.0	And to actually Jesus, the word of God, Son of God, He made humility into a virtue.
0:26.9	Now in the ancient world, of course they had a concept of humility.
0:29.8	They knew what it was to be honest.
0:35.0	But Christ elevates this.
0:36.0	I mean, it's even in St. Paul's letter to the Philippians.
0:38.4	He said, Christ though in the form of God did not deem equality with God something to
0:42.4	be grasped at.
0:43.5	But He emptied Himself taking the form of a slave.
0:45.6	And Paul goes on to say, or he says earlier this, you have the same mind as Christ, this
0:50.3	mind of humility.
0:52.6	We don't necessarily in our modern world understand humility for a number of reasons.
0:57.0	One is we misunderstand the definition of humility.
0:59.2	We think sometimes, or maybe you don't, but a lot of people around us think that humility
1:04.2	is more like self-contempt.
1:06.1	And you're like, no, no, no, no, no, have more self-confidence.
1:08.5	You need to believe in yourself.
1:10.0	Humility is not having contempt for yourself.
1:12.3	In fact, self-contempt is a vice, whereas humility is a virtue.
1:17.3	Like to despise yourself or to think less of yourself than you actually are.
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