Joy

Thus what the psalmist says of the Lord, our Redeemer and our Model, can also be said of us: exsultavit ut gigas ad currendam viam, even though we are so small, a summo caelo egressio eius et occursus eius usque ad summum eius; we will rejoice like a giant who runs his course and goes from one end to the other, who flows into heaven, reaching to the farthest boundaries; nec est qui se abscondat a calore eius,³² there is none who can hide, and all receive warmth.

Humility: good works are God's doing

When we see the marvels that God is already beginning to work through our hands in so many people who draw close to us, we will not be tempted to become proud. For in the depths of our heart there will resound the verse from the psalms: Tu es, Deus, qui facis mirabilia: notam fecisti in populis virtutem tuam (Ps 77[76]:14); you alone, Lord, are the one who carries out marvellous deeds, and thus you make known your power to all peoples.

Therefore, nolite itaque errare, fratres mei dilectissimi: omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum, desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio nec vicissitudinis obumbratio (Jas 1:16-17);³³ you well know that every good gift and every perfect gift comes from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.