Monday, August 17, 2009

Incurvatus

This pair of sins, Pride and False Humility, have this in common: that both are turned in on the self, and hence make a god out of the self.

Pride looks at the gifts of God found within and observes, "My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this." (Deuteronomy 8:17)

False Humility looks at the same and observes, "'I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground.'" (Matthew 25:25)

The only option for the faithful is to turn outward. True Humility takes what God has given and moves it outside of the self.

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