In What Can We All Glory?
"If you were so intelligent and wise that you had all knowledge and wisdom and you knew how to interpret all languages and could accurately divine heavenly things, in all this you could not glory; because even one demon knows more heavenly things and knows more about those of the earth than all people put together; though there may of course be some human being who has received from the Lord a special knowledge of the highest wisdom. Likewise, if you were more handsome and more rich than others and also could work wonders, like driving out demons, all these things are only obstacles to you and none of them belongs to you, and in none of them can you glory. But in this we can glory: in our infirmities, in carrying every day the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." --St. Francis, Admonition 5
We can glory in our weaknesses because it is when we are weak that He is strong--His power and glory can be seen more clearly as we bear our weaknesses so that His glory can shine through.
"If you were so intelligent and wise that you had all knowledge and wisdom and you knew how to interpret all languages and could accurately divine heavenly things, in all this you could not glory; because even one demon knows more heavenly things and knows more about those of the earth than all people put together; though there may of course be some human being who has received from the Lord a special knowledge of the highest wisdom. Likewise, if you were more handsome and more rich than others and also could work wonders, like driving out demons, all these things are only obstacles to you and none of them belongs to you, and in none of them can you glory. But in this we can glory: in our infirmities, in carrying every day the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." --St. Francis, Admonition 5
We can glory in our weaknesses because it is when we are weak that He is strong--His power and glory can be seen more clearly as we bear our weaknesses so that His glory can shine through.
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