A Propensity to Moral Failure 5

Pride directly opposes God, usurping his rightful place, we have rightly understood pride as the root and essence of all human sin. It was through Pride that the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every other vice. It is the complete anti-God state of mind. The essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Pride … Read more

Unbridled Affections

WHEN a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace. An unmortified man is quickly tempted and overcome in small, trifling evils; his spirit is weak, in a … Read more

Reading the Holy Scripture

TRUTH, not eloquence, is to be sought in reading the Holy Scriptures; and every part must be read in the spirit in which it was written. For in the Scriptures we ought to seek profit rather than polished diction. Likewise we ought to read simple and devout books as willingly as learned and profound ones. … Read more

Prudence In Action

DO NOT yield to every impulse and suggestion but consider things carefully and patiently in the light of God’s will. For very often, sad to say, we are so weak that we believe and speak evil of others rather than good. Perfect men, however, do not readily believe every talebearer, because they know that human … Read more