The Devil’s Horrible Sin of Pride
The Devil’s Horrible Sin of Pride For those who don’t know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Pride was the great sin of
The Devil’s Horrible Sin of Pride For those who don’t know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Pride was the great sin of
In 1980 singer-songwriter Mac Davis released a song titled “It’s Hard to be Humble.” The title of this article is the first line of the
With the arrival of cool weather, the season of festivals is about to close. They are quite similar: ethnic or specialty food, traditional dance and
I came of age during the cultural changes of the 1960s. Even though my Catholic upbringing had taught me that sex outside of marriage was
Years ago, I honestly believed I was laying down my life for God, serving Him with my whole heart, mind, and soul. Then, slowly I
I do not know who the Jones’s are, but I keep hearing how everyone wants to keep up with them. I have to wonder ‘why?’
By: Christina M. Sorrentino After a quick search for “pride” on the Goodreads website, we come across a number of quotes within the pages of
Since the fall of man, we deal daily with the conflict between virtue and vice. Virtues are those characteristics or behaviors that move the soul
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In “The New Goth is the Original Goth,” I suggested (half fun and full earnest) that we ought to resurrect the “fence” of traditional practices
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
Humility is considered by St Augustine to be the foundation of all other virtues – the trait that lays the groundwork on our journey toward
God had a plan to save us, billions of people, from our alienation from him due to Adam’s sin and due to our personal sins.
It is amazing how much the words of Jesus apply to our modern era and cut right to the hypocrisy of our worldly ways. Then
Every society, every culture has a tradition of a scapegoat: a person or group of people to blame and punish for the sins of that
“Many of my clients are dealing with a lot of anxiety nowadays,” my friend, a therapist, told me after Mass recently. Indeed it does seem
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On February 22, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the importance of Christian hope in the face sin during his weekly General Audience. Although his reflections
Pride is something most of us understand to a certain extent. Or, at the very least, we think we know what it looks like when
After He was nailed to the cross, Jesus asked for forgiveness for his executioners. Some 2,000 years later His message of forgiveness is every
Discovering the transformational love of Christ is something that sounds challenging for some of us. Maybe for others, it seems to be an easier task.
Religious values are constantly under attack today. Truth and order have been replaced by confusion and chaos. The former offered direction and purpose. The