A vice of which Catholic homeschoolers need to be wary:
Self-righteousness: seeing myself as better than others in the sight of God because some aspect(s) of my life seem (to me) to be well-ordered or aligned with what I think God wants. People who try to follow the Lord can fall into this trap of pride if they don't pay enough attention to humility, mercy and self-giving love. They end up believing that they are the best judge of what other people should be doing in their lives.
The remedy:
Humility: the acknowledgement of our total and absolute dependence on God for everything (Jn 15:5b); to grow in it requires the diminishing of one’s selfishness and self-centeredness. Humility is critical to growth in holiness, because it paves the way for growth in other areas of virtue.
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Posted by: A at July 4, 2004 02:51 PMAmen, Walter. I live in a small town where the homeschoolers have become an absolute scandal and stumbling block to the non-homeschooling Catholics in the community... They're so holier-than-thou that they refused to let their children attend World Youth Day with the non-homeschoolers -- our parish actually had to send two separate busses! As if they were going to see a different Pope...!
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