Comparison and competition are part of our humanity. Even in our spiritual lives. A passage from “The Gospel As It Was Revealed To Me” of Maria Valtorta illuminates the example of a child.
https://missionofdivinemercy.org/2024/09/22/who-is-the-greatest/
Fr. John Mary's Homily - God appoints watchmen, and most of us never suspect we are one. The first duty is not to warn — it is to listen. And if they still do not turn?
Jesus speaks: "...Just as a tree whose branches have been attacked by pests – consuming leaf after leaf, impeding and deforming any new growth, causing the branches to wither, damaging the main trunk and exposing it to even greater infestations and diseases – you see what has taken place in My beautiful Church."
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