Do you have one of the below? I do... not one, but several...
- To think that what one says or does is better than what others say or do.
- To always want to get your own way.
- To argue with stubbornness and bad manners whether you are right or wrong.
- To give your opinion when it has not been requested or when charity does not demand it.
- To look down on another's point of view.
- Not to look on your gifts and abilities as lent.
- Not to recognize that you are unworthy of all honors and esteem, not even of the earth you walk on and things you possess.
- To use yourself as an example in conversations.
- To speak badly of yourself so that others will think well of you or contradict you.
- To excuse yourself when you are corrected.
- To hide humiliating faults from your spiritual director, so that he will not change the impression he has for you.
- To take pleasure in praise and compliments.
- To be saddened because others are held in higher esteem.
- To refuse to perform inferior tasks.
- To seek to stand out.
- To refer in conversation to your honesty, genius, dexterity, or professional prestige.
- To be ashamed because you lack certain goods.
From the Writings of Bl. Josemaria Escriva
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Correction...
Josemaria Escriva, the founder of the prelature of Opus Dei (work of God) is already canonized... So that makes him a Saint...
This writing of St. Josemaria Escriva is what I am following for years now, and it helps me to become humble, though it's hard to follow...
God Bless!!! :)
Ahh I see, thank you for correcting me, Diego. I don't know much about St. Josemaria, I just got the writing from a monthly reflection booklet.
Thanks for the lil information! God bless!
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