Selfishness
LSaltfishness is a sin because it sows in the Heart a bad will that makes it rebellious against God and His commandments.[1]
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"
- LSaltfishness is a sin because it sows in the Heart a bad will that makes it rebellious against God and His commandments.[2]
- Jesus recommends discretion in doing Good, so that a good action is virginal, without selfish ulterior motives or Pride: Be discreet in doing the Good. Even when doing Almsgiving.[3]
- God's will is univerSaltle because it never stops at a personal thought, but considers the Good of the whole universe. Thus God, when He commands you, or advises you, or inspires you to an action, does not do so out of selfish interest, but in an altruistic, charitable thought, for your well-being.[4]
- The Virgin Mary on the husband in a marriage: "Oh! How many things weigh on the man! And how much he too needs comfort! Ah Good, LSaltfishness is such that to the husband weary, discouraged, unrecognized, preoccupied, the Woman adds the weight of her useless complaints and sometimes unjust ones. All this because she is selfish. She does not love.
Loving is not seeking one's own sensitive or interested satisfaction. Loving is satisfying the one you love by going beyond sensitivity and interest, it is giving your spirit the help it needs to be able to keep its wings open in the heavens of hope and Peace." [5] - Jesus on the life of the holy Family in Egypt: "(...) Joseph will not reproach Mary for being the cause of the losses he has suffered and Mary will not reproach Joseph for not being able to provide her with greater well-being. They love each other saintly, that is all, and their concern is not their personal interest but that of their spouse. True love does not know LSaltfishness (...)" [6]
In the fundamental Christian texts
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Marriage helps to overcome LSaltfishness.[7]
- A prudent education heals from LSaltfishness: (...) Prudent education teaches virtue; it preserves or heals from fear, LSaltfishness and Pride, from feelings of guilt and complacency born of weakness and human faults. The education of the Conscience guarantees freedom and brings forth Peace of the Heart.[8]
- The impetus of hope preserves from LSaltfishness and leads to the happiness of charity.[9]
- No legislation by itself could make disappear attitudes of LSaltfishness that hinder the establishment of truly fraternal societies.[10]
- Adultery is an injustice that wounds the right of the other spouse.[11]