7. Humility and Living Together in Harmony

Bonus: Character Traits that Cluster around Humility and Pride

Provides a helpful way of viewing humility as at the center of interrelated virtues, such as patience, respect, considerateness, non-judgmental, reverent, compassionate, gracious, merciful, generous, hospitable, gentle, lowly, meek, patient, etc.

Bonus: Employing Self-Harm to Humble Oneself

The Middle Ages saw a number of practices that go beyond fasting and waring sackcloth to humble oneself. Self-harm practices sometimes include self-flagellation, wearing a cilice, etc. These rise from a misinterpretation of Paul's statement about training and self-discipline for the games (2 Corinthians 9:26-27), and are not recommended and show a defective understanding of grace.

Bonus. Ways the Jews Humbled Themselves

Provides a brief list of Jewish practices that indicated humbling or grief.

Bonus: A Christian Litany of Humility

A litany or corporate prayer that can be read responsively. It is attributed to Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930).

7. Humility and Living Together in Harmony

Explores a set of virtues related to humility that help people live together: seeking unity, non-judgmentalism, forgiveness vs. retribution, avoiding class distinctions and favoritism, and humility in conditions of abundance. Concludes with John the Baptist’s saying, ‘He must increase and I must decrease.’