For if He, who is God and Lord and Son of God, did not refuse to take the form of a slave, much more we must do everything, even if they are humble.
So tell me, man, where does your pride come from? From what do you own in life? But these leave before they even appear. Is it from the spiritual? But there is one and only spiritual achievement, not to be proud.
So why are you so proud? Because you achieve something? Listen to what Christ says: “When you do what you are commanded to do, then you must say that we are useless slaves” (Luke 17:10).
Are you also proud of your wealth? Why? Did you not hear that naked we came to life and naked we will leave? (Job 1:21). Do you not see those who came before you, that they left naked and in the wilderness? Who is proud of having things that are not his?
Because, those who want to use them only for their own pleasure, lose them without their will, and many times, of course, before death, but at death, definitely.