February 23
The conceit is an enemy that lurks on all the souls that are consecrated to the Lord and who have given to the spiritual life, and, therefore, can be called, rightly, ringworm of the soul that strives for perfection . It has been rightly called by the holy rottenness of holiness.
Our Lord, to show how greatly the pride is contrary to perfection, he does with that rebuke the apostles did, when he saw them full of complacency and pride, because the demons obeyed the orders they were given "However, do not rejoice because the spirits are subjected. "
And to eradicate from their minds all the sad effects of this wretched vice, which usually get insinuate themselves into the hearts, the scary putting before his eyes the example of Lucifer, precipitated from the heights by the vain complacency in losing to the greatness to which God had exalted: "I saw satan fall from heaven like lightning."
This vice is to be feared even more because there is no opposite virtue to fight it. Indeed, each service has its remedy, and the opposite virtue; banishes anger with gentleness, the jealousy with charity, the arrogance with humility, and so on. Only pride has no opposite virtue to be fought. She creeps into the holiest acts, and even in the same humility, if you are not careful, she proudly puts his shop.
(August 2, 1913, Father Agustin de San Marcos in Lamis - Letters. I, p. 396)
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