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Humility as the Shortest Path to Paradise
Father Predrag Shchepanovic presents the teaching of the Holy Fathers on humility. They describe humility as a virtue through which a humble person receives God's forgiveness for both voluntary and involuntary sins. This makes humility the shortest path to paradise. In contrast, pride blinds a person to everyone around him.
When a person humbles himself, the natural sounds of birds, wind, and river become a symphony of God. But when pride takes over and a person thinks only of himself, he loses the need to share love with others and closes himself off. This self-enclosure leads to modern problems such as anxiety, depression, divorces, broken marriages, and quarrels, because people attempt to solve their problems alone rather than through humility and connection with God and others.
Key moments
- The Holy Fathers teach that humility is a virtue through which a humble person receives forgiveness from God for both voluntary and involuntary sins.
- Humility is the shortest path to paradise because pride blinds a person to everyone around him.
- When a person humbles himself, the sounds of birds, wind, and river become a symphony of God.
- Pride makes a person self-centered and removes the need to share love with others.
- Closing oneself off in pride leads to modern problems such as anxiety, depression, divorces, broken marriages, and quarrels, as people attempt to solve problems alone.