It takes only a moment’s reflection to reveal that letting our light shine forth requires a large measure of humility. It means ignoring the inner voice that tells us we are not good enough. We have to be willing to act upon the Spirit’s gift of parresia, or freedom and boldness in speech, about which the New Testament often speaks. By God's gift we are free to be ourselves. It is to everyone's benefit that we are perceived as what we are not more not less. And that is why it is good to bring forth truth from the heart and from the mouth and, bashful though we be, to let our life speak.
FR. MICHAEL CASEY, OCSO Seventy-Four Tools For Good Living
