The vainglory

February 24

 St. Chrysostom, speaking of the vainglory , says: "The more work you do, seeking to crush the pride both stimulate more." And what is the cause of this? Let us say the same holy Doctor: "For all the evil is evil, only the pride from good, and, therefore, is not extinguished with the good but more inflated."
The devil, dear father, is well aware that a lecher, a thief, a miser, a sinner, have more reason to be ashamed and blush for glory, and, therefore, is careful to tempt them in that direction, and I save this battle. But it is not good saves, especially when striving to strive for perfection. All other vices that stand only on the left to win and dominate them, but the pride rears its head in those very people who fight and overcome. Is emboldened to attack his enemies, using the same victories that have made against it. It is an enemy that never stops, is an enemy that comes into battle in all our works and if you are not vigilant, it makes us victims.
Indeed, we, to escape the adulation of others, we prefer the fasts hidden secrets to the visible, the silence, speaking eloquently, to be despised, to be taken into account, the scorns, honors.Oh, my God. Here too, the pride you will, as they say, put the nose, acometiéndonos with vain complacency.
(August 2, 1913, Father Agustin de San Marcos in Lamis - Letters. I, p. 396)

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