The tower of Babel. The confusion of tongues. The genealogy of Sem down to Abram.
Pride keeps man distant from God.
“After the flood, as if striving to fortify themselves against God, as if there could be anything high for God or anything secure for pride, certain proud men built a tower, ostensibly so that they might not be destroyed by a flood if one came later. For they had heard and recalled that all iniquity had been destroyed by the flood. They were unwilling to abstain from iniquity. They sought the height of a tower against a flood; they built a lofty tower. God saw their pride, and he caused this disorder to be sent upon them, that they might speak but not understand one another, and tongues became different through pride.” (4) -St. Augustine
St. Augustine also reminds us that, “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”
From St. Faustina’s, Divine Mercy in my Soul: The greatest misery does not stop Me from uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there. (1563)
The Catechism defines pride as “an inordinate self-esteem or self-love, which seeks attention and honor and sets oneself in competition with God. (1866)
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