What True Humility Really Looks Like
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
Ascension
4.9 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
What does true humility really look like? Some may believe that a humble person must diminish themselves, becoming small or insignificant. But is that truly the essence of humility?
Fr. Mike Schmitz offers a deeper perspective on what it means to be truly humble. He explains that humility actually requires both confidence and honesty. When we speak the truth and live authentically in that truth, we embody the heart of true humility.
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| 0:00.0 | Is it possible to be both humble and confident at the same time? Is it? I don't know. |
| 0:06.7 | Just kidding. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is the Sentry Presents. We fall into this trap |
| 0:10.0 | of not understanding either of those words. Like we can think like humble and confident, you can never |
| 0:14.4 | be both humble and confident because we don't understand what humility is. And I don't know if we |
| 0:18.7 | really understand even what confidence is. So let's break it down. I think oftentimes we think, and maybe I've said this before, |
| 0:24.3 | I think that we think that humility is thinking less of yourself, right? I'm sure you've heard |
| 0:29.1 | the Rick Warren slash C.S. Lewis quote, humility is not thinking less of yourself. It's thinking |
| 0:33.4 | of yourself less, which I think is really, really great because it clarifies a couple of things. The humble person is not the awshucks, I'm no good. The humble person is not the one |
| 0:41.3 | who shrinks. Again, sometimes you have this picture in our minds that the more humble you are, |
| 0:46.8 | the more you shrink back from doing anything. The more you shrink back from greatness, |
| 0:52.6 | the more you shrink back from being bold, the more you shrink back from being bold, |
| 0:58.9 | the more you shrink back from speaking up. The more humble you are, the smaller you are. I think sometimes we fall into that trap because it's not true that the humble you are, the smaller you |
| 1:04.4 | are. That a person can actually take the reins, the person can actually take the wheel. The person actually can lead in a powerful |
| 1:14.0 | and bold and confident way while being humble. Just like a person can shrink while being proud. |
| 1:24.2 | So what is true humility? I would say true humility is nothing more and nothing less than simply being willing to |
| 1:31.2 | tell the truth and to live in that truth. |
| 1:34.4 | I'll say it like this, the willingness to tell the truth and the confidence to live in that |
| 1:40.2 | truth. |
| 1:41.5 | So the truly humble person would be able to say, I'm really good at X, and also |
| 1:46.1 | I'm not good at Y. Or the truly humble person would be able to say, someone says, hey, that |
| 1:50.8 | was really good job. They'd be able to say, yeah, it was, it was good job. Thank you very much. |
| 1:53.5 | I can receive that compliment. The truly humble person can receive a compliment and the |
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