Not allow the enemy

February 27

The virtues are like having a treasure , which , if you have not hidden from the eyes of the envious , I steal . The devil is always watching , and he, the worst of all the envious , looking to snatch this treasure, which are the virtues , as soon as I discovered, and makes assaulting us with this powerful enemy who is vainglory.Our Lord , always attentive to our good, to preserve us from this great enemy , warns us in several places of the gospel. Do not tell us that if we prayed , we retire to our room , shut the door and pray one on one with God, that our prayer is not known by others ; ? What , when fasting , we wash face so that we discover our fast others in dirt and pale face ; ? that by giving alms, let not your right hand know what the left is doing ?

( August 2, 1913 , Father Agustín de San Marcos in Lamis - . Ep I, p 396. )

Thanks always and at all times the gifts that God has lavished you . Recognize that everything good comes from Him and what He has to deliver. It is therefore necessary to find that all the good that you have is a gift of God's generosity . It is also convenient , healthy and successful yourself before God and recognize the virtues with which He has crowned you . When you discover and recognize beam pawn in cultivating , care for and protect a rich booty. Not for apropiártelas not to bury , but that the enemy did not snatch your hand by envy or malice . At the same time you have to take good care not to gloat for the good that God is doing in you and through you, but humbly recognize that God has looked at you with mercy and love. The depth of the Christian life must be lived between God and you . At the time you exercise you truly love God above all things, and in the radical love of neighbor , it will signal a deeper relationship with God .