Br. Juan Macias Marquez, O.P., on Pride Leading Us Away from God

"The meaning of the term pride has turned topsy-turvy in our day. We tell aspiring youths to take pride in what they do. We exalt those who are proud of their accomplishments. We also encourage people to take pride in who they are and in the communities they come from. 

"While pride can signify something proper and laudable, we often forget that pride can also signify a most insidious vice that Christians have always known to be the source and cause of all sins (ST II-II q. 162, a. 8). And we frequently fail to distinguish the two. All too often we slip from rightly appreciating our accomplishments and thanking God for them to lusting after the glory and honor that comes with such accomplishments as if they were attained only by the sweat of our brow."

In a recent commentary, Brother Juan Macias Marquez, O.P., reflected on pride as a distortion of one's understanding of the nature of reality and on the importance of appreciating God’s gifts in our lives.

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