Pope Francis: Humility necessary for fruitfulness

December 19 2013 , Written by Joachim Arnold

“Humility is necessary for fruitfulness. How many people imagine they are just, like Michal, but who are really [sorry souls (poveracce)]. The humility to say to the Lord: ‘Lord, I am sterile, I am a desert’ and to repeat in these days this beautiful antiphon that the Church makes us pray: O Son of David, O Adonai, O Wisdom – today! – O Root of Jesse, O Emmanuel, come and give us life, come and save us, because only You can, by myself I cannot!’ And with this humility, this humility of the desert, this humility of a sterile soul, receive grace, the grace to flourish, to give fruit, and to give life.”

Text from page http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/12/19/pope_francis:_humility_necessary_for_fruitfulness/en1-757019
of the Vatican Radio website