ISSUE NO. 12 – THE HUMILITY TO BE WRONG
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Most of us won’t be asked to do extraordinary things this week. We will, however, have countless opportunities to be patient, to listen, to forgive, to accept correction, and to quietly place someone else’s needs before our own. The humble heart is free to serve because it no longer needs to be the center of every conversation or every success. More often than not, humility is found not in remarkable moments, but in ordinary choices made with love.
 
 
 
Roots of Tradition
 
The Red Lamp
 

Kept burning day and night wherever the Blessed Sacrament is reserved, the sanctuary lamp indicates and honors the presence of Christ. The Code of Canon Law requires this special lamp to shine continuously before the tabernacle (canon 940), while the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM 316) directs that it be fueled by oil or wax. It is not simply a pious decoration.

Red is traditional, though not required. In sacred art and devotion, the color evokes blood, sacrifice, the fire of love, the Sacred Heart, and martyrdom. The light itself is a visible sign of reverence, pointing to Christ, the light of the world.

The practice recalls Exodus 27:20–21, where the Lord commanded Israel to keep a lamp burning continually before Him. In the sanctuary lamp, that ancient, God-commanded practice finds its New Covenant continuation: the tabernacle holds Christ Himself.
 
 
 
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Humility Hurts … And That’s the Point, by Dominick Albano
 

Dominick Albano reflects on why humility can be painful and why that pain may be precisely what leads us toward the truth.
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Temperance
 

Temperance is the virtue of right measure. In a world where people boast about saying exactly what they think, the temperate person first thinks about what they say.
 
 
 
 
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.”
 
 
Proverbs 12:1
 
 
 
 
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