Father Corapi: “Only the Humble See Truth”

Fr. Corapi motivated thousands of St. Louis Catholics to fall deeper in love with the Faith.  His four talks are highlighted by Derrick Flannigan’s. Here’s the second talk, “Only the Humble See Truth!”

• Fr. Corapi discusses that fact that there are many learned people in society that “just don’t get it”. These people do not see what is really going on in society because they lack humility.

• Humility is the virtue of acknowledging God as the author of all that is good.

• In order to be humble we must have a “poverty of spirit”. By such we will have an “acknowledgment of the truth” (St. Teresa of Avila)

• Fr. Corapi discusses suffering in the world and in the Church, saying that we can only get to Heaven via much tribulations: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me” Mark 8:34

• What is the beginning of evil?

• First: Fall of the angels. Lucifer, one of the archangels, was one of the great angels. When God says that he will become a creature (man), Lucifer becomes angry and says “Non Serviam” or “I will not serve”. The pride of Lucifer leads to disobedience.

• Second: Fall of Man. Adam and Eve are tricked by Satan and want to be like God.

• Man is “playing God”, forming his own ‘truths’.

• Without objective truth there is no unity…no life!

• Jesus know man and becomes a creature like us to save us! (Note: “For the Son of God became man so that we might become God” CCC 460, St. Athanasius) This is the greatest sign of humility…the Incarnation!

The following was repeated throughout Fr. Corapi’s talk
Order of Causes:

• Humility…Obedience…Life

• Pride…Disobedience…Death

• Fr. Corapi exhorted all to be faithful, to pray, and to truly live the faith!

• The unraveling of the Christian Faith is the unraveling of society (the world)”

• We were reminded that sin is the rejection of God and His love.

• Fr. Corapi warns against having ‘false humility’, “which is worse than no humility at all”

• When we think we are better than others we should say to ourselves, “Except for the grace of God, there go I”.