For his part, Francis preferred insults to praise, because he knew that insult leads to self-improvement, praise to downfall. And so when people praised his merits and holiness, he would command one of the brothers to assault his ears with phrases that humiliated and mortified him.
St. Bonaventure
Major Life - 6:1
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment