WHEN PRIDE DISGUISES ITSELF AS HUMILITY

Many are humble in word, but not in heart. They say: “I am worse than all: I deserve a thousand hells.” But when anyone reproves them, or says a word that displeases them, they immediately take umbrage. They are like hedgehogs, which put out their bristles as soon as they are touched. But how is it – you say you are worse than all, and yet you cannot bear a word?  “He who is truly humble,” says St. Bernard,” esteems himself good for nothing, and desires to be considered good for nothing by others as well.” 

Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, The Way of Salvation and Perfection

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Pride is Lucifer’s Most Favorite Sin

Pride is the sin of Lucifer. Pride clouds reason and understanding. When someone feels their pride hurt, they react like a wounded animal, losing all capacity for judgment.

To seek the truth despite our wounded pride is a virtue that only very few attain. Only by asking it to God is it achieved. It is a quality almost impossible to find today. It is only for the chosen who have asked for it.

Pride blinds many and loses them. It is the most difficult sin to overcome. It leads many souls to eternal damnation. The devil uses the proud to attack what he most detests.

That was the sin of Luther and many others like him.

We should pray and ask God daily that even when someone hurts our ego, we do not become blind so we can seek the truth and remain in it forever. The problem is that we tend to give more importance to our own opinion because it is more comfortable for us. And pride anchors us in it.