“The better we become, the less conscious we are of our goodness. If
anyone admits to being a saint, he is close to being a devil. Jean
Jacques Rousseau believed that of all
men, he was the most perfect, but he had so many cracks in his soul that
he abandoned his children after their birth. The more saintly we
become, the less conscious we are of being holy. A child is cute so long
as he does not know he is cute. As soon as he thinks he is, he turns
into a brat. True goodness is unconscious.”
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Jesus said, in regards to having the right perspective/attitude about giving Alms . . . ‘Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing!’ Thus, giving should be so reasonable, so natural, done so often that we, in a way, do it without thinking. We recognize the need, respond to the need by trying to meet it and never stop to think, ‘Wow! I’m pretty good!’ St. Francis, if this thought occurred to him, would rebuke it with, ‘Everything is given to me on loan from God – who owns all things – until I meet someone needier than myself. It is the poorer person’s by right and to hold it back from that person is the sin of theft!’
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Jesus said, in regards to having the right perspective/attitude about giving Alms . . . ‘Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing!’ Thus, giving should be so reasonable, so natural, done so often that we, in a way, do it without thinking. We recognize the need, respond to the need by trying to meet it and never stop to think, ‘Wow! I’m pretty good!’ St. Francis, if this thought occurred to him, would rebuke it with, ‘Everything is given to me on loan from God – who owns all things – until I meet someone needier than myself. It is the poorer person’s by right and to hold it back from that person is the sin of theft!’
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