Jesus stood trial, was spat on, mocked and ridiculed. Naked, he was nailed to a cross. Yet somehow, whenever I contemplate Jesus on the cross, I never think of it as a humiliation.

In a word, humility is “humus,” meaning dirt. Literally, it is “what falls beneath our feet,” a willingness to fall as low as possible, an attitude of deference or service.

“Where Jesus is, there is always humility, meekness, and love,” Pope Francis said in a homily during mass Tuesday at the Casa Santa Marta chapel inside the Vatican. It was the second Francis ...

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Jesus, however, rode a burro. The symbolic peace and humility was possibly lost even on his supporters. His critics likely saw him as a powerless man to be dismissed.

Spiritual Practices of Jesus: Learning Simplicity, Humility, and Prayer with Luke’s Earliest Readers Catherine J. Wright. IVP Academic, $24.99 (226p) ISBN 978-0-8308-5226-0.