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Speaker 1: The A B. Y All, welcome today's show. Today, we're
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going to talk about the seven Principal Vices and the
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seven Principal virtues. But we'll pick up where we left
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off yesterday with radio replies. And the questioner asks the
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priests or actually just states, the Gospel of Christ is
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simplicity itself? I may answer it is in one way.
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It tells us clearly that Christ established a definite church,
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which he commissioned to teach all nations. It is very
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simple from the point of view, for men have but
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to accept the Catholic Church and be taught by that church.
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But the Gospel is not simplicity itself. On the way
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you intend, men have devoted their entire lives to the
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study of the Gospels, preparing themselves for the task by
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profound research in Hebrew, Syrian, Arabic, Greek, and Latin languages.
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And even then many passages are most difficult to understand,
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and the person says, but at least the plan of
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salvation can be understood by the simplest person. We protestes
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even till our children read their Bibles in order to
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discern it. And they answer accordingly, according to findings of
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your simple readers, there must be hundreds of conflicting plans
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of salvation, all revealed by one Christ. As for the
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capacity of your children, you might as well give them
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an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica on streptoscopic analysis. I
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think spectoscopic scopic analysis as the subject matter of their studies.
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But the Bible itself is against your theory. Thus, Saint
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Peter says that in scripture there are certain things hard
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to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable rest, as
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they do also the other scriptures to their own destruction.
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That two Peter three point sixteen. To his mind, the
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private interpretation of scripture can be most dangerous. Versus says,
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God has given us brains to think for ourselves. We
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do not need help to understand scripture. And they answer.
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God has given men brains before he came to teach
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them himself, and he came to teach them precisely because
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their brains could not succeed in finding out the things
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which were to their peace. If you say that his
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revealed teachings and the scriptures, together with our brains are enough,
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those very revealed teachings tell you that they are not
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even in the Old Law, God said, the lips of
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the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the
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law at his mouth meth Malachiah two seven. In the
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New Law, Christ sent his church to teach men, transferring
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to his church that authority of God once possessed by
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the priests of the Old Law. In the New Testament itself,
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we find Philip the deacon saying to the Ethiopian who
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is reading the scriptures, thinkest thou that thou understandest what
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thou readest? And the Ethiopian replies, how can I unless
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some man show me acts eight thirty. Saint Peter two
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explicitly refuted your ideas. No prophecy of scripture, he writes,
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is of any private interpretation. Tewod Peter. One person says,
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Saint Peter means that the prophets did not prophesy by
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their own will, but by the Holy Spirit. He does
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not refer to interpretations by us, and they answer your own.
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Protestant Bishop Ellicott says, of these verses, the words private
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interpretation might seem to mean that sacred writers did not
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get their prophecies by private interpretation, but by a divine inspiration.
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But this is certainly not the meaning. The real meaning
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is that the reader must not presume to interpret privately
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that which chows far more than ordinary human thought. Person says,
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any man who can think has the moral right to
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interpret anything. They answer he has not. The very laws
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of the state are not subject to the interpretations of
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each and every individual citizen. There is such a thing
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as thinking erroneously in difficulties of civil law. A man
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consults a lawyer who knows legal practice and parallel statutes,
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who gives you the right to take greater liberties with
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divine legislation. A man who knows nothing of Hebrew or
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Greek and is quite untrained in scriptural exegencies, really trouble
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with that word exegencies, would misapprehend the sense the scripture
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in hundreds of places, And a person continues. Did not
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Christ's promise that he would send the Holy Spirit to
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teach us whole truth and the answer. He did not
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promise that the Holy Spirit would teach each individual separately.
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If every individual were under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
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all who read scriptures sincerely should come to the same conclusion.
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But they do not. The frightful chaos as to the
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meaning of Scriptures is proof that the Holy Spirit has
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not chosen this way of leading men in truth. It
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is blasphemy to say that the Holy Spirit does not
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know his own mind and that he deliberately leads men
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into contradictory notions. Christ promised a church to preserve his
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Christ's promise to preserve his church as a church by
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the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And only the church
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which shows the signs of having been preserved in the
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consistence is the consistent Catholic Church. The individual is guided
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by the Holy Spirit to a certain extent in ways
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of holiness, in knowing, but in the knowledge of revealed truth.
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He is to be guided by the Catholic Church, which
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Christ sent to teach all nations. Person I'll give one
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more question, he says, I don't see the need of
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learning to understand a simple story for simple people, And
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they answered, the Bible is not a simple story for
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simple people. We live thousands of years after the Bible
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was written, and our language and customs are very different now.
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No book written at one age is easy for another
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age to study. The antiquities. De man's knowledge of primitive
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languages of which few are capable, and for which sul
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Feuer had the time. Anyway, God never intended the Bible
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to be the sole guide to religion for all time.
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Christ taught orally and with authority, and he sent his
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church to teach in the same way and with the
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same authority. All Right, I'm going to leave it there
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for now, and we'll get onto the vices and virtues,
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or the virtues and vices, just to follow up on
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that point though. This morning I had some very nice
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elderly ladies come to the door who were Jehovah's witnesses.
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They said, can me read some scripture to you? And
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I looked down and I thought, well, they seem sincere,
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and I'm not going to argue with elderly ladies, you know.
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And I said, sure, go for it, you know. And
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they read a scripture to me, and I thanked them
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and told them goodbye. And they handed me a Jehovah's
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witness pamphlet that I threw away. Why did I throw
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it away? Well, Jehovah's Witnesses are one of false Church,
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but they're also not Christian. They deny the divinity of Christ.
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Now they say they do so because the Bible tells
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them that Christ is not God. They worship only God
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the Father, whom they call Jehovah. Why they call God
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Jehovah's a different matter for another day. I mean in
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ancient Hebrew it was written y h w H. I
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believe at other times the talk of Jehovah God, the
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human mouth should never speak the name of God the Father.
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It's actually blasphemous to try to name God. That's why
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God said I am that am. He gave his nature
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and not a name. But anyway, they deny the divinity
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of Christ. They say their sole authority is the Bible.
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So how does the Holy Spirit tell them that Jesus
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is not God and every other Christian on earth that
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Jesus is God. The Holy Spirit can't tell till two
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opposite things and it be true. And the Holy Spirit
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of course cannot lie. And therefore they got it very
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very very wrong. But you know that's for them to
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figure out. If they were younger, I probably would have,
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you know, invited me in all from a cup of
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coffee and broke out the Bible. It showed where, you know,
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Jesus was given all authority under heaven and earth, and
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creation worships God, who is Jesus and go through chapter
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after chapter where Jesus is identified as God, the son
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of as Lord of the Sabbath. And you know, I
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mean to just go on and on, right. The divinity
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of Christ is actually very very plain in the Bible,
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and I could have easily done that, but I was
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taught to have respect for my elders, and they seem sincere,
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so I'll let it go. Maybe I shouldn't have, but
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I did this time. So let's start with the seven
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principal virtues and the seven principal vices, with the virtue
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of humility. The humble man is he who acknowledges his
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own nothingness and the nothingness of all earthly things, and
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comports himself in accordance with this conviction. The heathen centurion
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at Kafarnam displayed great humility when he said to our
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lord Lord, I am not worried that thou shouldst enter
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under my roof, But only say the word, and my
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servant shall be, and that shall be healed Matthew eight eight.
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Notwithstanding his position, his wealth, his good works, he had
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built the jews of synagogue, he thought nothing of himself.
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Humility is twofold. It consists of humility, of understanding by
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which a man becomes conscious of his conscious of his
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own objection, and humility of the will which causes him
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to manifest his consciousness in his conduct. He humbles himself
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and takes the lowest place. That would be false humility,
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which was merely external and not heartfelt. Saint Bonaventure defines
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humility as voluntary self abasement resulting from the knowledge of
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our unfrility. We learn humility by the consideration of the
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infinite majesty of God and the transitory nature of earthly things.
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The poor man feels his poverty most keenly when he
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compares himself with his opulent neighbor. Saint Augustine prayed for
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the knowledge of God, that he might thereby know himself.
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The majesty of God is most apparent in creation. In
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the firmament of heaven are many million orbs, far surpassing
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in magnitude our earth, which is but a speck of
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dust of the universe. How insignificant then, is each individual man?
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Must not the pride of everyone be humbled at the
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sight of the endless myriads of worlds, that people's space
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in which no man can count, and what is one's
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single man amongst the hundreds of millions that inhabit the earth,
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not to speak of those that have lived in the
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past and who will live in the future. All earthly
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things pass away like a shadow, and have no value
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before God. The grave, says Saint John Christostom is a
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school where we learn humility. Let no man pride himself
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on his riches. He may lose them in a single night.
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He must lose them at his death. Let no man
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pride himself on his physical beauty, for it may be
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disfigured by disease, and after death will be the prey
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of worms. Let no man pride himself upon his knowledge.
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How soon he forgets what he has learned, and how
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immeasurable is the amount of what he does not know.
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A philosopher of antiquity used to say, all I know
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is that I know nothing. If it seems to THEE
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that thou knowest many things, and understand them well enough,
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know at the same time that there are many more
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things of which thou are ignorant. It's from the imitation
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of Christ Thomas Kempis's Wonderful book Beside all our knowledge
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is ignorance. Compared with the infinite wisdom of God. Let
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no man pride himself upon earthly honor, for today the
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people cry Hosannah, and tomorrow crucify him. How short lived
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is the power and prestige of earthly potentates witness Napoleon.
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Let no man pride himself even upon the graces he
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has received from God, for they may be withdrawn at
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any moment, and they increase his responsibility. Neither let him
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pride himself upon his good works, for God has no
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need of his goods Psalms. Fifteen two. After we have
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done all, we are unprofitable servants Luke, seventeen ten. Whatever
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therefore a man may possess, he is in reality he
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in reality possesses nothing or next to nothing. The humble
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man is no hypocrite. He only forms a just estimate
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of things. The humble man conducts himself in the following manner.
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He delights an abasement. He does not attach his heart
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to transitory good things. He trusts holy in God and
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does not fear men. The humble man delights an abasement
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in that he is. He never unnecessarily attracts attention to himself,
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i e. He avoids ostentation and singularity in his demeanor
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and deportment, in his conversation, his gestures at prayer and dress,
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and at table. He never seeks to make his humility
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conspicuous by downcast eyes, a slouching gait, a dejected mean.
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He is humble of heart, like our Lord. He only
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allows his humility to be observed when occasion requires, and
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then only simply and unaffectedly. He is not always calling
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himself the chief of sinners, uncalled for self blame generally
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betokens pride. Furthermore, he hides his talents, for he knows
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that what man reveals God conceals, and what man disclaims
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God proclaims. Saint Anthony Apatua concealed a great error judition
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until God made it known. The humble man does not
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think himself better than others. He esteems others above himself.
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I guess it's Philippians two three. He does not publish
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the failings of others. He does not choose the highest
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place Luke fourteen ten. On the contrary, he rejoices in
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being slighted, despised, humiliated, knowing that for this God will
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exalt him. Luke fourteen ten. That's really difficult to do,
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by the way. Thus it is with the publican in
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the temple. Thus it was with the public and the
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temple in Luke eighteen thirteen. The humble man aspires only
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after eternal treasures, and does not attach his heart to
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what is transitory. Earthly good things, riches, dignities, pleasures, the
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praise of men to not allure him. He is aware
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that he is none the better for them in God's sight,
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and they may prove to his ruin earthly sufferings. Contempt, reproaches, ridicule,
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persecution do not dishearten him. He glories in them because
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they enable him to earn heaven. He despises contempt because
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it cannot harm him. Thus, Saint Paul writes to me,
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it is a very small thing to be judged by
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you or by man's day one Corinthians four to three.
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The humble man trust in God alone, cons conscious of
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his own weakness. He does not confide and his own strength,
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but only in the aid of divine grace. As Joseph
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did when required to interpret Pharaoh's dream genesis. I'm not
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sure what chapter that is. He works not to ascribe,
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not to take himself the credit even of his virtues
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and good work, but ascribes all to God, knowing that
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it is God who worketh in him, as the son
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calls vegetables into life upon the earth. Yet he is
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ready to acknowledge the favors God confers on him, saying,
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with the Blessed Mother of God, he that is mighty
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hath done great things to me Luke one nine. The
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recognition of these favors makes him grateful to God and
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increases his love of God. No one says, Saint Teresa
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will do great things for God, who does not know
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that God has done great things for him. The humble
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man does not fear men, because, far from being cast
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down by any humiliation he may meet with at their hands,
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he rejoices in it. Besides, he knows that he is
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in God's safe keeping. And to them that love God,
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all things work together for good Romans eight twenty eight.
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Discouragement and pusillanimity are not characteristics of true humility. Christ
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gave himself the grandest example. Christ gave us in himself
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the grandest example of humility, for he, being the son
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of God, took the form of a servant, choose to
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live in great lowliness, and was most condescending in his
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intercourse with men, and finally voluntarily endured the ignominious death
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of the Cross. Christ emptied himself taking the form of
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a servant. I a human nature of Philippians two seven.
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In the sacrament of the altar even takes the form
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of bread. At the baptism of our Lord, the Holy
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Spirit assumed the shape of an animal, the dove. The prophets,
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in predicting the coming of Christ, spoke of him under
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the designation of the Lamb of God. Thus we see
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how the Almighty God humbles himself. Our Lord lived in
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great lowliness. He chose for his birthplace not a royal palace,
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but a stable for his mother, not a but a
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poor maiden for his foster father, a humble carpenter for
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his dwelling place, an obscure town for his apostles, not
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the philosophers and sages of the world, but simple and
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unlearned fishermen. In his intercourse with them, our Lord was
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most condescending. He encouraged children to approach him. He even
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conversed with sinners e g. The Samaritan woman, Mary Magdalene,
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the woman taken in adultry, etc. At the Last Supper,
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he washed his disciples feet and made not the slightest
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objection to go to the house with the centurion when
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the latter entreated him to cure his servant Matthew eight seven.
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Crucifixion was at that time the most ignominious death by
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which a man could die. Yet Christ chose that very
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death for himself, showing by his own actions that humility
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is the royal road to God. In his teaching, our
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Lord also exhorts us constantly to the practice of humility.
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He that is greatest among you shall be your servant
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Matthew twenty three eleven. And again when you shall have
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done all these things at your command, and you say
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we are unprofitable, unprofitable servants Luke sevent ten. Moreover, he
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commends humility the parable of the Pharisee and the publican
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Luke thirteen thirteen, eighteen thirteen, sorry eighteen thirteen. On one
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occasion he took a child and said, whosoever shall humble
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himself as this little child, he is the greater in
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the Kingdom of Heaven Matthew eighteen four. He presents himself
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to us as a pattern of this virtue. Learn of
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me because I am meek and humble of heart, and
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you shall find rest to your souls Matthew eleven twenty nine. Finally,
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he promises that the humble shall be exalted Luke fourteen eleven,
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and shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Matthew five three.
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Humility leads to great sanctity, to exaltation, and to everlasting felicity. Furthermore,
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through it we obtain enlightenment of the understanding, true peace
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of mind, forgiveness of sin, a speedy answer to prayer,
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and are enable to overcome temptation without diffaut culty. God
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is with the humble. If anyone has a lowly opinion
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of himself and considers himself inferior to others, it is
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an unfailing proof that the Holy Spirit dwells within him.
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In the first place, the humble man attains a high
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degree of perfection. The more humble he is, the more
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perfect he is, and vice versa. Well filled ears of
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corn been downward, the thin ears hold their heads aloft.
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He actually means like corns of wheat or barley, not
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like you know American corn mace. But they don't stand aloft.
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They don't change a lot at all, really, But anyway,
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empty vessels make the most sound. He who thinks much
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of himself, says Saint Teresa, thinks much of little. He
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who thinks little of himself thinks little of much. Humility
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is the surest test of sanctity. Saint Philip Neary was
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once sent by the Holy Father to a convent in
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the vicinity of Rome, one of whose inmates enjoyed a
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reputation for sanctity. In order to test that report, as
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soon as he entered the parlor, he requested the nun
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in question to clean his boots, which were covered with mud.
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She replied no. She replied in no very courteous manner
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that she was unaccustomed to such work. Saint Philip returned
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to the Pope and said, she is no saint and
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works no miracles, for she lacks what is most essential, humility.
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Humility leads to the humility leads to exultation. Our Lord says,
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everyone that exalteth himself should be humbled, and he that
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humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke fourteen eleven. No man
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can ascend who has not first descended be humbled in
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the sight of God, and he will exalt you James
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nine to ten. The blessed Mother of God attributed all
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the graces she received from God to her humility. He
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hath regarded the humility of his handmaiden. For behold, from
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henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke one eight.
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Honor pursues him who flies from her. Honor pursues him
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who flies from her. Humility leads to everlasting full lids.
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Our Lord said, blessed are the poor in spirit, for
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theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew five three. The
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gate of Heaven is narrow, and only little ones I e.
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The humble, can pass through. Humility is also a means
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of containing enlightenment of mind. Through the Holy Spirit. The
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humble alone can enter into the spirit of Our Lord's teaching.
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He himself says, I confess to thee old Father, Lord
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of Heaven and Earth, because thou hast hid these things
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from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to
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the little ones Matthew eleven twenty five. Saint Peter says,
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God resisteth the proud, but humble to the humble, he
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gives graces first. Peter five five. The communications are the
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most high are with the simple Proverbs three thirty two.
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That is, he enlightens his mind hints. It is that
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the poor and unlearned sometimes have a truer knowledge of
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the things of God than the learned. The shepherds were
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informed of Christ's birth, the scribes and Pharisees were not.
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We must stoop. He must stoop who desires to draw
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water out of the fountain of God's grace. Saint Teresa
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says that one day in which we humble ourselves before
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God is more fruitful in graces than many days spent
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in prayer. The humble man attains true peace of mind.
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Our Lord says, learn for me for a meek and
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lowly of heart, and you shall find rest for your souls.
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Matthew eleven twenty nine. The humble are not lifted up
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by prosperity, nor cast down by adversity. The humble man
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obtains forgiveness for sins. The publican who smote upon his
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breast and said, God be merciful me a sinner, went
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down to his house justified Luke eighteen thirteen. The humble
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man obtains a speedy answer to his prayer. The prayer
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of him that humbleth him, humbleth himself shall pierce the clouds.
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I guess it's Ecclesiastes thirty five twenty one. Or again
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it could be serrac because I get those mixed up.
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The humble man overcomes temptation without difficulty. Humility is the
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most powerful weapon wherewith to vanquish the devil. It is
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the virtue he fears the most, for it is the
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only one which you unable to imitate. And the opposite
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of humility is one of the first of the seven
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principle vices. Pride. He who is proud overestimates his own worth,
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or the value of his earthly possessions, and shows openly
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that he does so. The giant Goliath was proud, he
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exawed himself over much first Kings seventeen. Many a one
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overrates the worth of his body, and is proud of
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his fine physique, the beauty of his features. Other overrate
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the worth of their wealth, their learning, their birth, the
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virtues they imagine themselves to possess. The proud man resembles
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the devil or drunkard, for pride is a kind of
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intoxication which fills one with strange fancies, and make one's
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talk in foolish manner, and do irrational things. Pride is
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like a bubble that looks large, but whose size is deceptive.
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It is a color which fades in the sun. For
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the proud will appear in all their native vileness when
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after death they stand in the light of the sun
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of justice. They are like the frog and the fable,
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who puffed himself up in hope of appearing as large
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as the ox. The proud man manifests his undue opinion,
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the undue opinion he has of himself in the following manner.
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He tries to attract notice by his conversation, his dress.
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He strives after honor and distinctions and earthly riches. He
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despises the assistance and grace of God, and relies only
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on himself and on earthly things. Pride is a mimicry
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of God. The proud man desires to appear greater than
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he is. If he has done anything good, he boasts
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loudly of it, as a hen cackles when she has
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laid an egg. Sometimes he speaks depreciatingly of himself, but
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only in the hope of hearing others praise him. All
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the more he slanders others and thinks evil of them,
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as the Pharisee did in the Temple Luke eighteen eleven.
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Pride makes itself manifest in dress. The proud dress above
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their station. They dress showily in the latest fashion, and
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wear a great many unnecessary ornaments with People who attach
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so much importance to dress are not, as a rule,
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the most virtuous. They are extravagant, hard hearted to the poor,
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and deceitful. Or by dressing them suitably to their class,
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they give themselves out for what they are not. Love
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of dress often leads to worse sins, for those who
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spend much care on the adornment of their person lose
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sight of their final end and lead a godless life.
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He who stands well in God's sight has no need
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of choice and costly apparel. Good and holy people generally
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dressed in a simple, quiet matter. The Emperor Heraclius found
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that he could not carry the true cross, which had
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been recovered from the Saracens, back to Jerusalem until he
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laid aside his rich garments. An unseen hand held him back.
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When ought, however, to dress properly and suitably for one's position,
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and have strict regard to cleanliness. The proud pursue honors
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as boys hint after butterflies, and when they have gained them,
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they exult loudly, as if they achieved something wonderful, although
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they have nothing to boast of in reality. For the
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honor and applause of men are like the morning dew,
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glittering with rainbow tints, but quickly disappearing in the sun,
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or like smoke which the wind carries way. How foolish
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are they who covet earthly glory. The proud man despises
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the help of the grace of God and relies upon
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himself alone, trusting in the things of earth. He is
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his own deity. The beginning of pride of man is
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to fall, is to fall off from God Ecclesias ten fourteen.
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The proud neglect prayer and the ordinances of religion. They
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are not sensible in their own sinfulness and misery, or
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if they are, will not apply to the physician, but
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try to heal themselves. Hence it is that God is
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the enemy of the proud. God resisteth the proud First
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Peter five five. Pride is hateful before God and man.
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Also Ecclesius ten to seven. Pride leads to all manner
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of vices, to degradation here and eternal damnation hereafter. It
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also destroys the value of all our good works. Pride
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leads to all men are vices. Pride is the beginning
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of all sin Ecclesias ten fifteen. The parent of vice.
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Many and evil are her progeny. Pride leads more especially
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to disabe medience, which witness absalom to cruelty, is inherit's case,
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to the murder of the innocence, to apostacy. As with Luther,
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who was offended because he was slighted at Rome, I
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always remember that's the true most motive between Luther and
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the Protestant so called Reformation. He was a very proud man,
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and he thought he deserved a better position to strife, envy, ingratitude,
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and impurity. God punishes secret pride by open sin. He
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permits the proud to fall into sin in order that
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they may be humbled and amend. He who has vanquished
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pride has vanquished all other vices. When Goliath fell, the
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Philistines took to flight. When the root is torn up,
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the tree withers. Pride leads to degradation. He that exalteth
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himself should be humbled Luke fourteen eleven. The lightning strikes
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what is highest. A lofty tree is often struck down
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by the bolt. Apply that to the proud aim and
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the chief minister of the King of Persia persecue the
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Jews and arrogated himself regal honors. He ended up being
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hung on a gibbet Ester seven ten. King Herod was
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delighted at being called a god. He was eaten by
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worms and dyed Acts twelve twenty two. God hath overturned
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the thrones of the prout Ecclesias ten seventeen. He often
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chastises the pride of nations and even destroys them altogether.
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Witnessed the fall of the Roman Empire. God even abolishes
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the memory of the prout Ecclesias ten twenty one. Witness
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the destruction of the Tower of Babbel a basement and
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disgrace following the footsteps of pride. Pride also leads to
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eternal damnation. It was the cause of the angels being
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cast out from heaven and our first parents being expelled
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from paradise. As one scalet, a balance drops as the
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other rises, so those will be a base in the
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world who come, the world to come, who exalt themselves
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in this world. Pride destroys the value of our good works.
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The proud have received their reward already. Matthew six ' five.
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Pride pulls down the structure that justice raises. As a
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drop of gall spoils the flavor of the most delicious wine,
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and so pride ruins virtue. It is like the little
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worm that caused Jonas Ivy to witherr Whatever whatever good
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a man may have done, if he pride himself upon it,
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he is utterly destitute. And y'all, I guess we will
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stop there. Father Sprauger is going to give us a
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vice and count the virtue and the countering vice. So
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I guess we'll be on this for seven shows. You know,
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unless someone are shorter than this one, that's fine. I mean,
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we need to really explore this topic. It's very much
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opposed to human nature to actually try to be humble
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and meet. When someone thoughts he accuses us, our first
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response is to defend ourselves. Well, Jesus didn't do that, now,
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he didn't allow people to say untrue things about him.
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You know, he would correct them, but he didn't try
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to defend himself against their charges. Essentially, anyway, remember the
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words of Saint Padre Pio, pray, hope and don't worry,
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and I'll talk to you next time.