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him of human misery, and to make him humble in the
sublimity of his revelations." Hence St. Gregory con
cludes: preserve chastity in all its splendor we must
place it under the care of 2
humility."
Let us here make
another reflection. To humble the pride of the people
of Egypt, the Lord sent not bears and lions, but frogs to
molest them. What do I mean ? God permits us to be
annoyed by certain little expressions, by certain little
aversions, by certain trifles, that we may know our
miseries and may humble ourselves.
2. NOT TO GLORY IN THE GOOD THAT WE DO.
Secondly, it is necessary to guard against glorying in
we are raised
any good that we may do, particularly if
to the height of the priesthood. The offices intrusted
to us are very great. To us is
given the great office of
to God the sacrifice of his own Son. To us is
offering
confided the care of reconciling sinners with God, by
preaching, and by the administration of the sacraments:
He hath given to its the ministry of reconciliation? We are
ambassadors and vicars of Jesus Christ, and are made
the tongues of the Holy Ghost: For Christ therefore we
are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us? St. Jerome
says that the highest mountains are most violently as
sailed by the tempest: the more exalted, then, is our
dignity, the more we are exposed to the molestation of
vainglory. We are esteemed by all, we are respected as
men of learning, and as saints. He who stands on a
great height is in danger of dizziness.
Ad revelationum humiliandam superbiam, monitor quidam humanse
imbecillitatis apponitur." Ep. ad Paulam.
2 "Per humilitatis custodiam servanda est munditia castitatis."
Mor. \. 26,
per
c. ii.
Dedit nobis ministerium reconciliationis." 2 Cor. v. 18.
4 "Pro Christo ergo legatione fungimur, tamquam Deo exhortante
nos." //;. 20.