St. John Vianney, the Cure d' Ars and Patron of all priests says: “Praise be to Jesus.”

“I have been sent to address the bitter issue of spiritual pride. This is a poison that eats away at the soul insidiously. Such a soul is impressed with his own spiritual level and considers himself far above many others. I tell you, any soul is only as holy as he is humble. The greatest saints never considered themselves holy, but considered all others more holy than themselves – a sign of sincere humility. In such a soul, there is no pretense. He does not consider himself worthy to offer spiritual guidance to others. He does not set himself up as any sort of spiritual sage.”

“The soul consumed with spiritual pride considers himself far more holy than he is! The more pride he has in his own spirituality the less holy he is – a fact Satan hides well. Spiritual pride is usually very hidden from the soul. He goes on believing he is far above most others but does not see it as pride. This makes it far too easy for Satan to influence his thoughts, words and deeds, because he believes he is inspired by God in all ways. I give this Message so that all may search their hearts. If you continue to regard yourself as very holy after my warning, you have not listened and digested the point of my coming to you.”

Read 1 Corinthians 4:7+

For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

+-Scripture verses asked to be read by St. John Vianney.
-Scripture taken from the Ignatius Bible.