The poet Thomas Moore speaks of the beautiful quality of humility in these words:
Humility, that low, sweet root
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.
If we would discern the nature of God and understand His wondrous works, we must be imbued with the impartation of His grace. The Beatitudes, with which our Master introduced his Sermon on the Mount, begin with these words of comfort: "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 5:3). It would seem that those who have found the allurements of materiality to be empty and worthless and who turn yearningly to God might feel far from the kingdom of heaven. But they need not feel so, for did not Jesus heal the sick and free the sinning immediately when they sought the Christ? Thus he proved that the kingdom of God is ever at hand and within the apprehension of all who turn in humility to the heavenly Father.
