The pride

February 25

 St. Jerome was right, when comparing the pride with shadow. In fact, the shadow follows the body everywhere until you count your steps. Withdraws the body, she also walks away, walks slowly, she also does the same, feel, and then she also takes the same position.
So does the pride, followed everywhere to virtue. In vain attempt to flee his body shadow it always and everywhere followed and walks beside him. The same thing happens to those who are devoted to virtue, to perfection, the more escapes from vainglory, more is assaulted by her. All be afraid, dear father, to this our great enemy. I fear even more those two chosen souls, because the enemy has some impregnable.
Always be alert, do not let this enemy as powerful inside the mind and heart, for, if he gets in, deflowers virtues, holiness corrodes, corrupts everything of beauty and goodness.
Try to continually ask God's grace be preserved from this pestilent vice, because "Every perfect gift comes from above, the Father of lights." Open your hearts to trust in God. Always remember that everything that is good in them is pure gift of great kindness of the heavenly Bridegroom.
(August 2, 1913, Father Agustin de San Marcos in Lamis - Ep. I, p. 396)

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