1. First: Be humble. Don’t be vain. (Humility over Pride)
2. Second: Be generous. Don’t be envious. (Generosity over Envy)
3. Third: Be chaste. Don’t be filthy. (Chastity over Lust)
4. Fourth: Be patient. Don’t be angry. (Patience over Wrath)
5. Fifth: Be disciplined. Don’t overeat. (Temperance over Gluttony)
6. Sixth: Be charitable. Don’t be greedy. (Charity over Greed)
7. Seventh: Be diligent. Don’t be lazy. (Diligence over Sloth)
Be charitable. Don’t be greedy. (Charity over Greed)
Greed is the disordered love of riches. We should love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves, but we can begin to love money more than God and more than our neighbor. Like all the capital sins it gives rise to other sins. (The Catholic Magazine)
Jesus
Then He said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions." Luke 12:15
St Ambrose
"So do not let us become slaves of exterior good because Christ is the only One we should acknowledge as our Lord".
Isaiah 56:11.
"They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough"
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