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April 29, 2022 |
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You... proud? About what? (The Way, 600) |
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When pride takes hold of a soul, it is no surprise to find it
bringing along with it a whole string of other vices: greed, self-indulgence,
envy, injustice. The proud man is always vainly striving to dethrone God, who
is merciful to all his creatures, so as to make room for himself and his ever
cruel ways. We should beg God not to let us fall into this temptation.
Pride is the worst sin of all, and the most ridiculous. If, with its multiple
delusions, it manages to get a hold, the unfortunate victim begins to build
up a facade, to fill himself with emptiness, and becomes conceited like the
toad in the fable which, in order to show off, puffed itself up until it
burst. Pride is unpleasant, even from a human point of view. The person who
rates himself better than everyone and everything is constantly studying
himself and looking down on other people, who in turn react by ridiculing his
foolish vanity. (Friends of God, 100) |
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