“[T]he other face of the same vice is the Pelagianism of the pious. They do not want forgiveness and in general they do not want any real gift from God either. They just want to be in order. They don’t want hope they just want security. Their aim is to gain the right to salvation through a strict practice of religious exercises, through prayers and action. What they lack is humility which is essential in order to love; the humility to receive gifts not just because we deserve it or because of how we act”

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

(future Pope Benedict XVI)

“Looking at Christ: Examples of faith, hope and charity” (1986)

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