Msgr. Pope on the Sin of Human Respect

"On one level 'human respect' seems like a good thing. After all, we ought to respect, honor and appreciate one another. What then is meant by the 'sin of human respect'? It is that sin wherein we fear man more than God; we are more concerned with what people think of us than what God thinks of us. This is an unholy, sinful fear, and is at the root of many of our sins, both of commission and of omission."

In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on what the sin of human respect is and on how we can be "freed of all the fearful trepidation of what others think."

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