Way of Humility: Corruption and Sin

[Sobre la acusación de sí mismo]
Year: 
2015
Public: 
Publisher: 
Ignatius Press
Year of publication: 
2015
Pages: 
105
Moral assessment: 
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

The genesis of this short book written some time ago by the then Cardinal of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis, was his speech at the Archdiocesan Assembly on July 16, 2005. The content is valuable for everyone. The purpose is to encourage love in order to form true Christian communities. The themes covered are humility, mercy, forgiveness and harmony that avoid murmuring. 

It is a brief, direct and very profound writing. It gets to the root of resentments and selfishness. It shows why to achieve peace in the Church it is necessary to recognize their own sins. What he says about the spirit of suspicion is very illustrative. He is inspired by some writings of St. Dorotheus of Gaza, a Palestinian mystic of the 6th century. The style responds to the sources used and to the direct audience of the author who were young religious. I recommend its reading to those who want to go deeper into the subject of humility and to people who wish to improve their human relations and not fall into victimhood.

Author: Marcela Navarro Hernández, Mexico
Update on: Feb 2023