Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"""80 THE CURri OF AR8.practice of the presence of God, prayer, and the Sacrarments ;and again, the reading of holy books thisnourishes the soul."Of pride he would speak as one who well knew thehuman heart :"Pride is that accursed sin which drew the angelsout of Paradise, and cast them down into hell. This sinbegan with the world itself.See, my children, we sin by pride in many differentways. One person will show pride in his dress, in his language, in his manner, even in his way of walking. Somepeople walk in the street with an air which seems to sayto all who look at them, * See how tall I am ; how statelyI am ;how gracefully I walk !Others, when they havedone any thing well, are never tired of talking of it; andif they fail are miserable, and think that people will havea bad opinion of them. Others are ashamed to be seenwith the poor, and always seek the society of the rich.IIby chance they are admitted into some great house, theyboast of it,and take pride in it. Others take pride intalking. If they are going to visit some rich person, theyexamine what they are going to say, they study fine language ; and if they are at a loss for a word, they aremortified, and fear to be laughedat.But, my children,this is not the way with a humble person. Whether heislaughed at, or esteemed, or praised, or blamed, orhonoured, or despised, or attended to, or neglected, it isall one to him.My children, there are some again who give largealms, to gain credit it.by You must not do so. Thesepeople will gain no fruit by their good works. On thecontrary, their alms will turn into sin.Mjr children, a proud person always thinks thbt wnaf