We Byzantine Christians spend the first days of Holy Week praying before an icon of the Lord called Extreme Humility: "He humbled Himself unto death, even death of the cross". It seems to me that humility is a virtue of the Godhead itself, not only of our Lord's human nature. The Holy Spirit is often compared to light. We, of course, never see light because it is the medium through which we see anything at all. Light points away from itself towards the objects it illumines. Just so, the Holy Spirit points us towards, illumines for us, the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit never points to Himself. The vast bulk of prayers in Byzantine hymnography are addressed for the most part to the Father, some to the Son, but there is only one, to my knowledge. addressed directly and solely to the Holy Spirit (although it occurs in almost every service of prayer): "O heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things: come and abide with us, and cleanse us of all our iniquities, and save our souls, o Good One". Like an expert storyteller, the Holy Spirit is more concerned with His story than with Himself as the story teller.
I have been reading the Psalms for a couple of months. I think humility is expressed many times in the idea that we are waiting on the LORD to deliver us. Sometimes that is our own sin. Sometimes that means deliverance from enemies who want to harm our reputation or health. You see David, a might man of valor, expressing to God that he is afflicted, oppressed, weak, and helpless. In his life he is doing daring things to protect himself from King Saul, but at the same time his attitude in one of lowliness before God. He repeatedly asks for grace and mercy, while he sits silently waiting. He wants to speak out. He wants to act courageously. In the Psalm though he forces himself to hear from God.
We Byzantine Christians spend the first days of Holy Week praying before an icon of the Lord called Extreme Humility: "He humbled Himself unto death, even death of the cross". It seems to me that humility is a virtue of the Godhead itself, not only of our Lord's human nature. The Holy Spirit is often compared to light. We, of course, never see light because it is the medium through which we see anything at all. Light points away from itself towards the objects it illumines. Just so, the Holy Spirit points us towards, illumines for us, the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit never points to Himself. The vast bulk of prayers in Byzantine hymnography are addressed for the most part to the Father, some to the Son, but there is only one, to my knowledge. addressed directly and solely to the Holy Spirit (although it occurs in almost every service of prayer): "O heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who art everywhere present and fillest all things: come and abide with us, and cleanse us of all our iniquities, and save our souls, o Good One". Like an expert storyteller, the Holy Spirit is more concerned with His story than with Himself as the story teller.
I have been reading the Psalms for a couple of months. I think humility is expressed many times in the idea that we are waiting on the LORD to deliver us. Sometimes that is our own sin. Sometimes that means deliverance from enemies who want to harm our reputation or health. You see David, a might man of valor, expressing to God that he is afflicted, oppressed, weak, and helpless. In his life he is doing daring things to protect himself from King Saul, but at the same time his attitude in one of lowliness before God. He repeatedly asks for grace and mercy, while he sits silently waiting. He wants to speak out. He wants to act courageously. In the Psalm though he forces himself to hear from God.
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