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Spiritual Pride

LESSON 493

February 14, 2020

Spiritual pride is one of the most harmful sins to your faith. Pride says, “I’ve got this.” It causes you to look away from Jesus and shines a spotlight on you. Today, the more independent you are as a person, the more you’re applauded. Self-starters, self-reliance, self-sustaining—these are all ways to describe someone who’s “made it.”

Selfless, servant, dependent—these are how God calls us to live out our faith. It’s a counter-cultural way of thinking but what does spiritual pride look like? It’s quite difficult to spot.

Volume 1, Pages 163- 168 inc. The ugliness of pride. Volume 7, March 5, 1906, Page 7, (whole chapter) Pride is a grave sin which impedes the Life of God in souls. Volume 7, May 15, 1906, Page 19, (whole chapter) Vices of the soul. Volume 3, November 19, 1899, Page 7, (whole chapter) Pride eats away grace. Volume 3, January 8, 1900, Page 22, (whole page) Souls know themselves. Volume 3, February 19, 1900, Page 28, (whole chapter) Our age will be renounced for pride. Volume 4, July 30, 1901, Page 45, (whole chapter) Pride has ruined the world.

+ Rounds

Spiritual Pride -In thanksgiving to Jesus for suffering the Crowning of Thorns in reparation to the Father, for mans’ sin of pride.

-In the Writings of the Divine Will which give souls a real picture of the evil of pride and the harm it does to souls.

-In reparation to Jesus for man’s pride, as the thorns penetrated the inside of His mouth.

-In reparation for all pride as it eats away grace in souls.

Jesus suffered the CROWNING OF THORNS, in reparation to the Father, especially for mans sins of pride .

* *These lessons are coming to you from the Desk of Linda Wawryk, British Columbia, Canada, who can be reached at: dwcenacle@live.com.

Volume 4

July 30, 1901 Pride has ruined the world. The virtue of humility. As I was in my usual state, blessed Jesus transported me outside of myself into the midst of many people. What blindness! Almost all were blind, and a few, of short sight. Only very few appeared like the sun in the midst of the stars, with extremely sharp sight, all intent on the Divine Sun; and this sight was conceded to them because it was fixed in the light of the Word Humanate. All compassion, Jesus told me: “My daughter, how pride has ruined the world – it has reached the point of destroying that small light of reason which all carry with them at birth. Know, however, that the virtue which most exalts God is humility, and the virtue which most exalts the creature before God and men, is humility." Having said this, He disappeared. Later He came back all panting and afflicted, and He added: “My daughter, three terrible chastisements are about to happen.” And He disappeared like a flash, without giving me the time to tell Him one word.