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Being an Ambitious Christian

1/30/2017

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4th Sunday Of ORdinary Time Homily
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A 

Readings: 
Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13
Psalm 146: 6-7, 8-9, 9-10
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Matthew 5:1-12A

Ambition drives us to work hard in school, to get good grades, to go to the best school we can, to strive after internships and jobs, to be better men and women. Our ambitions, however, can sometimes get the best of us. We prioritize our desires and wants over the needs of others; we see our success only through the eyes of the world.
Our readings today remind us the best way to frame and temper our ambitions: humility. St. Thomas Aquinas shows us how humility is a part of temperance, the use of right reason to control and moderate our passions. Humility, for Aquinas, also helps us to be ambitious in the best possible way through absolute confidence in God and His Providence. 
In a world where the school we attend, the major we choose, the people we know directly impacts our careers, it is important to remember the need to be equally or more ambitious in poverty of spirit, meekness, humility, purity of heart, and all of the Beatitudes if we truly desire happiness and a meaningful life. 
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Al
1/30/2017 01:33:44 pm

St. Thomas didn't just talk the talk in his Summa. His life was a lesson in humility. This is the guy everyone called "dumb ox," yet he never put people in their place. Let's be honest, he probably could outsmart pretty much anyone who has ever lived with his insanely high intelligence. Albert the Great pretty much had to beg him to reveal his smarts during a public debate on campus. One of Thomas' best lessons to learn, I think.

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