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have His blssinss. II shows that
many are called and few chosen or
II the Hon Of Man sAsli come on earth
will he find faith. The Greeks had
y temple with the Inscription over
the front door: Know thyself" This
10 the fundamental truth Of all our
piety. righteousuess and greatness
In Gods kingdom. For the best u
men have 20 much Of earthly sense.
seif-pride aud vanity. The Pharisee
and the Publican from the two poles
Of society. The former one vas BY
no means an srch-hypocrit. lie was
great society. education. riches and
even supposed TO lead IN moral life.
His fault was the wrong measure Of
his greatness. lie kcnw he was
great. This spirit eau be- seen ev.
erywhcrc. without II nothing Is &C.
con,plished. We may term Il slsn
our smbition. The fault OF most of
Of men Is putting this spirit In tho
wrong avenues Of life and 80 instead
Of being = blessing TO us and o<hers
IL IL misused % often for our own
Kiorificstion aud the destruction Of
othcrs. Men call those great yet the
future always tests their greatness
and 10 often the coming men and
generation have to suffer for II and
find means 10 remedy the past evils
In all spheres Of human life. How
blind most men are TO measure true
greatness. yes. even worship. same.
We all have TO meet this spirit. II
creates family. birth. social. intcli-r-
tusl. financial. RELIGIOUS and . mui.
tiiude OF other castrs all for the pur.
puse to be y little greater ~ the
the rest. And the true mark to
know Il is ~ our Lord says. They
dcspisei o,h-rs.' This spirit kept
ourselves would lie harmless. but In
our daily conduct with others Il
csuss.> rnntinuousiy. strife. hatred.
separation. neglect Of duties because
w- don't like to work with the 9TH
erx. severe crificism and other evils.
Aud yet man thinks he can hide this
inner life before God. who searches
our heart and veins. OF course We
readily admit having all our weak
sides only to Use Il u weapon for the
next attack. The Pharisee keeps
the Law. gives and Is morr than the
In sDn la, h.. taeS
Of the Law. but the spirit condemned
him. OF all the gold and silver that
isn't his he gives the Lord and glor-
les that he 10 not like others or even
sosne better. Whatever he had done
he had done. no more than his duty
and the Lord asyS these class Of men
deserve neither praise nor thanks.
~ they have done nothing more than
they we've expected to do. There are
so many today that carry their heads
high In daily life and think all their
Righteousness and greatness consists
In being no murderer robbcr or
adnltercr. Many more would be In
prison II II wasn't for the hands of
the law. Il rcquircs no great moral
strength TO keep out Of the hands Of
the police department. This does
not prove my love towards God and
my fellow men. II requires more
strength to love my enemy. to help
those that hurt me. to bless those
that condemn me. From this We un-
derstand our Lords saying: All our
righteousness is like filthy rags.
There is no greatness In It. How
few will ever attain that spiritual
light to acknowledge God is every
thing: to thank Him for all have
my position. my gifts. my sbili-
ties. my fame and honor? To attain
this We must need know ourselves,
like the Publican. He keeps in the
back part OF the temple. he even does
not lift up his eyes. has no time to
think and criticize others. knows
that he needs Gods grace and mcr-
cy: knows that without him he is
nothing. Therefore he, remember
ing all his shortcomings and secret
sins. and asks: God be merciful to
me, a sinner" This Is the true spirit |,
OF mems greatness. to be humble be- |
fore God. who knows us anyhow
and before man because he then ap-
prcciatcs us more.-k. Walter
Cchmitt.